Ticks and tick-borne infections: complex ecology, agents, and host interactions

SK Wikel - Veterinary Sciences, 2018 - mdpi.com
Ticks transmit the most diverse array of infectious agents of any arthropod vector. Both ticks
and the microbes they transmit are recognized as significant threats to human and veterinary …

[HTML][HTML] Antiprotozoal treatment of canine babesiosis

G Baneth - Veterinary parasitology, 2018 - Elsevier
Canine babesiosis is a tick-borne disease caused by several Babesia spp. which have
different susceptebility to anti-protozoal drugs. A few drugs and drug combinations are used …

Control of Lyme borreliosis and other Ixodes ricinus-borne diseases

H Sprong, T Azagi, D Hoornstra, AM Nijhof, S Knorr… - Parasites & vectors, 2018 - Springer
Lyme borreliosis (LB) and other Ixodes ricinus-borne diseases (TBDs) are diseases that
emerge from interactions of humans and domestic animals with infected ticks in nature …

Unravelling the cellular and molecular pathogenesis of bovine babesiosis: is the sky the limit?

CE Suarez, HF Alzan, MG Silva, V Rathinasamy… - International journal for …, 2019 - Elsevier
The global impact of bovine babesiosis caused by the tick-borne apicomplexan parasites
Babesia bovis, Babesia bigemina and Babesia divergens is vastly underappreciated. These …

Canine babesiosis: where do we stand?

B Petra, K Josipa, BR Renata, M Vladimir - Acta Veterinaria, 2018 - sciendo.com
Babesia species. Babesiosis is one of the most important globally extended and quickly
spreading tick-borne infections of dogs. This comprehensive review gives an in-depth …

The Apicomplexan Parasite Toxoplasma gondii

ILS Delgado, S Zúquete, D Santos, AP Basto, A Leitão… - Encyclopedia, 2022 - mdpi.com
Definition Toxoplasma gondii is a ubiquitous zoonotic parasite with an obligatory
intracellular lifestyle. It relies on a specialized set of cytoskeletal and secretory organelles for …

Comparative 3D genome organization in apicomplexan parasites

EM Bunnik, A Venkat, J Shao… - Proceedings of the …, 2019 - National Acad Sciences
The positioning of chromosomes in the nucleus of a eukaryotic cell is highly organized and
has a complex and dynamic relationship with gene expression. In the human malaria …

Hematologic manifestations of babesiosis

T Akel, N Mobarakai - Annals of clinical microbiology and antimicrobials, 2017 - Springer
Background Babesiosis, a zoonotic parasitic infection transmitted by the Ixodes tick, has
become an emerging health problem in humans that is attracting attention worldwide. Most …

Tick-borne diseases of humans and animals in West Africa

AZ Diarra, P Kelly, B Davoust, P Parola - Pathogens, 2023 - mdpi.com
Ticks are a significant group of arthropod vectors that transmit a large variety of pathogens
responsible for human and animal diseases worldwide. Ticks are the second biggest …

Resistance to ticks and the path to anti-tick and transmission blocking vaccines

JG van Oosterwijk, SK Wikel - Vaccines, 2021 - mdpi.com
The medical and veterinary public health importance of ticks and tick-borne pathogens is
increasing due to the expansion of the geographic ranges of both ticks and pathogens …