Virome analysis of Amblyomma americanum, Dermacentor variabilis, and Ixodes scapularis ticks reveals novel highly divergent vertebrate and invertebrate viruses

R Tokarz, SH Williams, S Sameroff… - Journal of …, 2014 - Am Soc Microbiol
ABSTRACT A wide range of bacterial pathogens have been identified in ticks, yet the
diversity of viruses in ticks is largely unexplored. In the United States, Amblyomma …

Identification of Novel Viruses in Amblyomma americanum, Dermacentor variabilis, and Ixodes scapularis Ticks

R Tokarz, S Sameroff, T Tagliafierro, K Jain… - Msphere, 2018 - Am Soc Microbiol
Ticks carry a wide range of known human and animal pathogens and are postulated to carry
others with the potential to cause disease. Here we report a discovery effort wherein …

Viral diversity of tick species parasitizing cattle and dogs in Trinidad and Tobago

S Sameroff, R Tokarz, RA Charles, K Jain, A Oleynik… - Scientific reports, 2019 - nature.com
Ticks are vectors of a wide variety of pathogens that are implicated in mild to severe disease
in humans and other animals. Nonetheless, the full range of tick-borne pathogens is …

Metagenomic Profile of the Viral Communities in Rhipicephalus spp. Ticks from Yunnan, China

H Xia, C Hu, D Zhang, S Tang, Z Zhang, Z Kou, Z Fan… - PloS one, 2015 - journals.plos.org
Besides mosquitoes, ticks are regarded as the primary source of vector-borne infectious
diseases. Indeed, a wide variety of severe infectious human diseases, including those …

The ecology of new constituents of the tick virome and their relevance to public health

KJ Vandegrift, A Kapoor - Viruses, 2019 - mdpi.com
Ticks are vectors of several pathogens that can be transmitted to humans and their
geographic ranges are expanding. The exposure of ticks to new hosts in a rapidly changing …

Metavirome of 31 tick species provides a compendium of 1,801 RNA virus genomes

XB Ni, XM Cui, JY Liu, RZ Ye, YQ Wu, JF Jiang… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
The increasing prevalence and expanding distribution of tick-borne viruses globally have
raised health concerns, but the full repertoire of the tick virome has not been assessed. We …

Tick-borne viruses

J Shi, Z Hu, F Deng, S Shen - Virologica Sinica, 2018 - Springer
Ticks are important vectors for the transmission of pathogens including viruses. The viruses
carried by ticks also known as tick-borne viruses (TBVs), contain a large group of viruses …

[HTML][HTML] The high genetic variation of viruses of the genus Nairovirus reflects the diversity of their predominant tick hosts

JE Honig, JC Osborne, ST Nichol - Virology, 2004 - Elsevier
The genus Nairovirus (family Bunyaviridae) contains seven serogroups consisting of 34
predominantly tick-borne viruses, including several associated with severe human and …

Monitoring silent spillovers before emergence: a pilot study at the tick/human interface in Thailand

S Temmam, D Chrétien, T Bigot, E Dufour… - Frontiers in …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Emerging zoonoses caused by previously unknown agents are one of the most important
challenges for human health because of their inherent inability to be predictable, conversely …

[HTML][HTML] Diversity of viruses in Ixodes ricinus, and characterization of a neurotropic strain of Eyach virus

S Moutailler, I Popovici, E Devillers… - New microbes and new …, 2016 - Elsevier
Ticks transmit more pathogens—including bacteria, parasites and viruses—than any other
arthropod vector. Although the epidemiological status of many tick-borne bacteria is very …