Current status of tick-borne diseases in South Korea

JH Im, JH Baek, A Durey, HY Kwon… - Vector-Borne and …, 2019 - liebertpub.com
Background: Bites with tick-borne pathogens can cause various bacterial, viral, or parasitic
diseases in humans. Tick-transmitted diseases are known as contributing factors to the …

Metagenomic approach to characterizing disease epidemiology in a disease-endemic environment in Northern Thailand

R Takhampunya, A Korkusol, C Pongpichit… - Frontiers in …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
In this study, we used a metagenomic approach to analyze bacterial communities from
diverse populations (humans, animals, and vectors) to investigate the role of these …

Detection of Multiple Intracellular Bacterial Pathogens in Haemaphysalis flava Ticks Collected from Hedgehogs in Central China

LZ Fang, SC Lei, ZJ Yan, X Xiao, JW Liu, XQ Gong… - Pathogens, 2021 - mdpi.com
Tickborne intracellular bacterial pathogens including Anaplasma, Coxiella burnetti,
Ehrlichia, and Rickettsia cause emerging infectious diseases worldwide. PCR was used to …

The Importance and Impact of Francisella-like Endosymbionts in Hyalomma Ticks in the Era of Climate Change

C Sesmero-García, MD Cabanero-Navalon… - Diversity, 2023 - mdpi.com
Ticks are obligatory hematophagous parasites that serve as vectors for a large amount of
important human and livestock pathogens around the world, and their distribution and …

Toxoplasma gondii and Rickettsia spp. in ticks collected from migratory birds in the Republic of Korea

AT Truong, MS Yoo, S Min, JY Lim, HJ Seo, HC Kim… - Scientific Reports, 2022 - nature.com
Migratory birds disperse ticks and associated tick-borne pathogens along their migratory
routes. Four selected pathogens of medical importance (Coxiella burnetii, Rickettsia spp …

Molecular survey of neglected bacterial pathogens reveals an abundant diversity of species and genotypes in ticks collected from animal hosts across Romania

MO Andersson, C Tolf, P Tamba, M Stefanache… - Parasites & vectors, 2018 - Springer
Background Ticks are transmitting a wide range of bacterial pathogens that cause
substantial morbidity and mortality in domestic animals. The full pathogen burden …

Survey on tick distribution and tick-borne pathogens in Daejeon and adjacent areas in South Korea

J Seo, S Han, S Sung, E Jung, J Kim, S Lee… - Ticks and tick-borne …, 2021 - Elsevier
Ticks (Ixodidae, also known as hard ticks) as principal vectors of zoonotic diseases such as
severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome (SFTS), Lyme borreliosis, relapsing fever …

Novel viruses in hard ticks collected in the Republic of Korea unveiled by metagenomic high-throughput sequencing analysis

U Pérez-Sautu, MR Wiley, K Prieto, JA Chitty… - Ticks and Tick-borne …, 2021 - Elsevier
Ticks are vectors of a wide range of zoonotic viruses of medical and veterinary importance.
Recently, metagenomics studies demonstrated that they are also the source of potentially …

Host associations of the Asian monitor lizard tick Amblyomma varanense (Supino, 1897)(Ixodida: Ixodidae), with a new host record from the Philippines

AKS Amarga, RG Robbins, SM Lin - Systematic and Applied Acarology, 2023 - BioOne
Abstract Amblyomma varanense (Supino)(Ixodida: Ixodidae) is a reptile-associated bont tick
native to the Oriental and Australasian zoogeographic regions. This species is primarily …

A model for the production of regulatory grade viral hemorrhagic fever exposure stocks: from field surveillance to advanced characterization of SFTSV

U Perez-Sautu, SH Gu, K Caviness, DH Song, YJ Kim… - Viruses, 2020 - mdpi.com
Severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome virus (SFTSV) is an emerging human
pathogen, endemic in areas of China, Japan, and the Korea (KOR). It is primarily transmitted …