The global emergence of human babesiosis

A Kumar, J O'Bryan, PJ Krause - Pathogens, 2021 - mdpi.com
Babesiosis is an emerging tick-borne disease caused by intraerythrocytic protozoa that are
primarily transmitted by hard-bodied (ixodid) ticks and rarely through blood transfusion …

The specificity of Babesia-tick vector interactions: recent advances and pitfalls in molecular and field studies

A Bajer, D Dwużnik-Szarek - Parasites & Vectors, 2021 - Springer
Background Babesia spp. are protozoan parasites of great medical and veterinary
importance, especially in the northern Hemisphere. Ticks are known vectors of Babesia spp …

Establishment of Babesia vulpes n. sp. (Apicomplexa: Babesiidae), a piroplasmid species pathogenic for domestic dogs

G Baneth, L Cardoso, P Brilhante-Simões… - Parasites & vectors, 2019 - Springer
Background Canine babesiosis is a severe disease caused by several Babesia spp. A
number of names have been proposed for the canine-infecting piroplasmid pathogen …

Global Distribution of Babesia Species in Questing Ticks: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis Based on Published Literature

TGE Onyiche, C Răileanu, S Fischer, C Silaghi - Pathogens, 2021 - mdpi.com
Babesiosis caused by the Babesia species is a parasitic tick-borne disease. It threatens
many mammalian species and is transmitted through infected ixodid ticks. To date, the …

Molecular detection of Babesia microti in dromedary camels in Egypt

R Ashour, D Hamza, M Kadry, MA Sabry - Tropical Animal Health and …, 2023 - Springer
Abstract Babesia microti (Apicomplexa: Piroplasmida) causes a medically important tick-
borne zoonotic protozoan disease. Egyptian camels are susceptible to Babesia infection; …

Eurasian golden jackal as host of canine vector-borne protists

B Mitková, K Hrazdilová, G D'Amico, GG Duscher… - Parasites & vectors, 2017 - Springer
Background Jackals are medium-sized canids from the wolf-like clade, exhibiting a unique
combination of ancestral morphotypes, broad trophic niches, and close phylogenetic …

Characterization, optimization, and validation of environmental DNA (eDNA) markers to detect an endangered aquatic mammal

H Ma, K Stewart, S Lougheed, J Zheng, Y Wang… - Conservation Genetics …, 2016 - Springer
Environmental DNA (eDNA) represents a sensitive and efficient method for noninvasively
sampling rare or otherwise hard to monitor taxa, potentially making it a powerful tool for …

Molecular detection of Anaplasma ovis in small ruminants and ixodid ticks from Mongolia

B Enkhtaivan, S Narantsatsral, B Davaasuren… - Parasitology …, 2019 - Elsevier
Anaplasma ovis is a tick-borne obligate intracellular rickettsial bacterium that causes
anaplasmosis in domestic and wild small ruminants. Sheep and goats, whose combined …

Hard ticks and tick-borne pathogens in Mongolia—a review

J Černý, B Buyannemekh, T Needham… - Ticks and tick-borne …, 2019 - Elsevier
Ticks and tick-borne pathogens (TBPs) pose a considerable threat to human and animal
health in Mongolia; a large and sparsely inhabited country whose economy is largely …

Distribution and molecular characteristics of rickettsiae found in ticks across Central Mongolia

B Boldbaatar, RR Jiang, ME Von Fricken… - Parasites & …, 2017 - Springer
Background Little is known regarding tick-borne diseases in Mongolia, despite having 26%
of the population still living nomadic pastoral lifestyles. A total of 1497 adult unfed ticks: 261 …