[HTML][HTML] Current debates and advances in tick microbiome research

A Wu-Chuang, A Hodžić, L Mateos-Hernández… - Current research in …, 2021 - Elsevier
The main importance of ticks resides in their ability to harbor pathogens that can be
transmitted to terrestrial vertebrates including humans. Recently, studies have focused on …

Unbiased characterization of the microbiome and virome of questing ticks

S Chandra, E Harvey, D Emery, EC Holmes… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Due to their vector capacity, ticks are ectoparasites of medical and veterinary significance.
Modern sequencing tools have facilitated tick-associated microbiota studies, but these have …

Influence of tick sex and geographic region on the microbiome of Dermacentor variabilis collected from dogs and cats across the United States

KT Duncan, MS Elshahed, KD Sundstrom… - Ticks and Tick-borne …, 2022 - Elsevier
As tick-borne diseases continue to increase across North America, current research strives
to understand how the tick microbiome may affect pathogen acquisition, maintenance, and …

Can tick microbiome explain nonlinear relationship between tick abundance and Lyme disease incidence?

M Tonk-Rügen, Z Zając, A Cabezas-Cruz - Pathogens, 2023 - mdpi.com
Ticks (Acari: Ixodida) are hematophagous ectoparasitic arachnids that feed on the blood of
vertebrate hosts, posing significant concern due to their unrivaled capacity to transmit …

Endemic infection of cattle with multiple genotypes of Theileria orientalis on the Northern Tablelands of New South Wales despite limited presence of ticks

BT Lakew, SK Kheravii, SB Wu, S Eastwood… - Ticks and tick-borne …, 2021 - Elsevier
Bovine theileriosis, caused by the Theileria orientalis complex, causes a mild persistent
infection with the severity dependent on the infecting genotype and host exposure status …

Tick and Tick-Borne Diseases: New Problems Providing New Possible Solutions

OA Sparagano - Pathogens, 2023 - mdpi.com
Ticks and tick-borne diseases are responsible for enormous losses in animal and human
life, which do not seem to become better as new data show surprising connections. For …

The microbiota of Amblyomma americanum reflects known westward expansion

L Martinez-Villegas, P Lado, H Klompen, S Wang… - Plos one, 2024 - journals.plos.org
Amblyomma americanum, a known vector of multiple tick-borne pathogens, has expanded
its geographic distribution across the United States in the past decades. Tick microbiomes …

Translational research of zoonotic parasites: toward improved tools for diagnosis, treatment and control

V Colella, RJ Traub, RB Gasser - Pathogens, 2021 - mdpi.com
A range of factors, including social, demographic and economic transformation and human-
induced environmental changes, are influencing the emergence or re-emergence of …

Exploration of Multi-Gene DNA Barcode Markers to Reveal the Broad Genetic Diversity of Field Ticks (Acari: Ixodidae) in a Tropical Environment of Hainan Island …

Y Lu, Y Zhao, L Hu, W Zhang, Y Xie, S Cheng… - Cytogenetic & Genome …, 2023 - karger.com
Ticks are hematophagous arthropods and obligate ectoparasites of humans and other
animals. This study focused on the molecular discrimination of ticks in the tropical …

[PDF][PDF] Translational Research of Zoonotic Parasites: Toward Improved Tools for Diagnosis, Treatment and Control. Pathogens 2021, 10, 1416

V Colella, RJ Traub, RB Gasser - 2021 - minerva-access.unimelb.edu.au
A range of factors, including social, demographic and economic transformation and human-
induced environmental changes, are influencing the emergence or re-emergence of …