Bacterial pathogens and endosymbionts in ticks

A Papa, K Tsioka, A Kontana, C Papadopoulos… - Ticks and tick-borne …, 2017 - Elsevier
Ticks collected from goats in northern Greece were tested for the presence of tick-borne
bacteria. Among adult ticks, 37 (57.8%) were Rhipicephalus bursa, 11 (17.2%) Dermacentor …

Coxiella-like endosymbiont in argasid ticks (Ornithodoros muesebecki) from a Socotra Cormorant colony in Umm Al Quwain, United Arab Emirates

MA Al-Deeb, D Frangoulidis, MC Walter… - Ticks and tick-borne …, 2016 - Elsevier
Coxiella burnetii is a pathogen causing Q fever in domestic animals and humans. Seabirds
have been implicated as possible reservoirs of this bacterium in the Arabian Gulf and in the …

Molecular detection and genetic characterization of Coxiella-like endosymbionts in dogs and ticks infesting dogs in Northeast India

G Patra, S Ghosh, S Polley, Priyanka… - … and Applied Acarology, 2022 - Springer
An epidemiological study was performed to determine the role of dogs and ticks infesting
dogs in the transmission of Q fever in humans and animals from April 2019 to March 2020 in …

Coxiella Symbionts in the Cayenne Tick Amblyomma cajennense

E Machado-Ferreira, G Dietrich, A Hojgaard, M Levin… - Microbial ecology, 2011 - Springer
Members of the Coxiella genus are intracellular bacteria that can infect a variety of animals
including humans. A symbiotic Coxiella was recently described in Amblyomma americanum …

[HTML][HTML] Novel Detection of Coxiella spp., Theileria luwenshuni, and T. ovis Endosymbionts in Deer Keds (Lipoptena fortisetosa)

SH Lee, KT Kim, OD Kwon, Y Ock, T Kim, D Choi… - PLoS …, 2016 - journals.plos.org
We describe for the first time the detection of Coxiella-like bacteria (CLB), Theileria
luwenshuni, and T. ovis endosymbionts in blood-sucking deer keds. Eight deer keds …

[HTML][HTML] Multi‐country investigation of the diversity and associated microorganisms isolated from tick species from domestic animals, wildlife and vegetation in selected …

E Olivieri, E Kariuki, AM Floriano, M Castelli… - … and Applied Acarology, 2021 - Springer
In many areas of Africa, recent studies highlighted the great impact of ticks on animal and
human health throughout the continent. On the other hand, very limited information on the …

[HTML][HTML] Molecular Detection and Genotyping of Coxiella-Like Endosymbionts in Ticks that Infest Horses in South Korea

MG Seo, SH Lee, IO Ouh, GH Lee, YK Goo, S Kim… - PLoS …, 2016 - journals.plos.org
Members of the genus Coxiella can be transmitted from ticks to humans during contact with
animals; Coxiella may thus spread from the infected horses or ticks to humans. In this study …

Comparative Proteomics of Coxiella like Endosymbionts (CLEs) in the Symbiotic Organs of Rhipicephalus sanguineus Ticks

B Cibichakravarthy, JA Oses-Prieto… - Microbiology …, 2022 - Am Soc Microbiol
Maternally transmitted obligatory endosymbionts are found in the female gonads as well as
in somatic tissue and are expected to provide missing metabolite to their hosts. These …

Maternally inherited symbiotic bacteria in ticks: incidence and biological importance

YK Zhang, JZ Liu - Systematic and Applied Acarology, 2019 - BioOne
Ticks are exclusive blood-feeding parasites that are of medical and veterinary importance.
Ticks are also host for several maternally inherited symbiotic bacteria that are non …

[HTML][HTML] Molecular detection of Coxiella spp. in ticks (ixodidae and argasidae) infesting domestic and wild animals: with notes on the epidemiology of tick-borne …

A Ali, MK Obaid, MM Almutairi, A Alouffi… - Frontiers in …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Tick-borne Coxiella spp. are emerging in novel regions infecting different hosts, but
information regarding their occurrence is limited. The purpose of this study was the …