Cells within cells: Rickettsiales and the obligate intracellular bacterial lifestyle

J Salje - Nature Reviews Microbiology, 2021 - nature.com
The Rickettsiales are a group of obligate intracellular vector-borne Gram-negative bacteria
that include many organisms of clinical and agricultural importance, including Anaplasma …

[HTML][HTML] 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 …

A high-quality Ixodes scapularis genome advances tick science

S De, SB Kingan, C Kitsou, DM Portik, SD Foor… - Nature Genetics, 2023 - nature.com
Ixodes spp. and related ticks transmit prevalent infections, although knowledge of their
biology and development of anti-tick measures have been hindered by the lack of a high …

[HTML][HTML] The complexity of piroplasms life cycles

M Jalovecka, O Hajdusek, D Sojka… - Frontiers in cellular …, 2018 - frontiersin.org
Although apicomplexan parasites of the group Piroplasmida represent commonly identified
global risks to both animals and humans, detailed knowledge of their life cycles is …

[HTML][HTML] Vector competence studies with hard ticks and Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato spirochetes: A review

L Eisen - Ticks and tick-borne diseases, 2020 - Elsevier
Use of emerging technology allowing for identification of genetic material from pathogens
and endosymbionts in ticks collected from humans, domestic animals, wildlife, or the …

[HTML][HTML] Seasonal Dynamics, Record of Ticks Infesting Humans, Wild and Domestic Animals and Molecular Phylogeny of Rhipicephalus microplus in Khyber …

A Ali, MA Khan, H Zahid, PM Yaseen… - Frontiers in …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Although ticks prevalent in various agro-systems of Pakistan are associated with economic
losses, information is still missing about the tick's diversity, hosts they infest, seasonal …

Flavivirus envelope protein glycosylation: impacts on viral infection and pathogenesis

DL Carbaugh, HM Lazear - Journal of virology, 2020 - Am Soc Microbiol
Flaviviruses encode one, two, or no N-linked glycosylation sites on their envelope proteins.
Glycosylation can impact virus interactions with cell surface attachment factors and also may …

Update on the intricate tango between tick microbiomes and tick‐borne pathogens

SI Bonnet, T Pollet - Parasite immunology, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
The recent development of high‐throughput NGS technologies,(ie, next‐generation
sequencing) has highlighted the complexity of tick microbial communities—which include …

[HTML][HTML] 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 …

[HTML][HTML] Environmental and molecular drivers of the α-Gal syndrome

A Cabezas-Cruz, A Hodžić… - Frontiers in …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
The α-Gal syndrome (AGS) is a type of allergy characterized by an IgE antibody (Ab)
response against the carbohydrate Galα1-3Galβ1-4GlcNAc-R (α-Gal), which is present in …