| serodiagnosis of babesia motasi (wales), theileria recondita (wales) and cytoecetes phagocytophila infection in sheep. | the indirect fluorescent antibody test (ifat) was used to diagnose some tick-borne infections of sheep, babesia motasi (wales), theileria recondita (wales) and cytoecetes phagocytophila. antigen was prepared from blood derived from splenectomised sheep except for c phagocytophila which was derived from a normal animal. a field survey was made to assess the prevalence of b motasi and t recondita in north wales and a comparison made between the titres using the b motasi (wales) antigen with those ... | 1987 | 3306850 |
| prevalence of tick-borne zoonotic bacteria in questing adult ticks from northern spain. | a total of 691 questing adult ixodid ticks of the genera ixodes, haemaphysalis, dermacentor, and rhipicephalus were tested by polymerase chain reaction (pcr) and reverse line blot (rlb) for the presence of anaplasma phagocytophilum, coxiella burnetii, borrelia spp., and spotted fever group (sfg) rickettsiae. ticks were collected by blanket dragging during 2 sampling years (2003-2005) in 10 recreational areas in the basque country (northern spain). adult ticks were collected every month of the ye ... | 2008 | 18759563 |
| first detection of spotted fever group rickettsiae in ticks in serbia. | ticks can transmit multiple pathogenic bacteria responsible for diseases in animals and humans such as borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato, anaplasma phagocytophilum, and spotted fever group rickettsia sp. the current study aimed to investigate the presence of rickettsiae in ticks collected from seven localities in serbia. one hundred thirty-one (131) questing ticks belonging to 5 tick species (dermacentor marginatus, dermacentor reticulatus, haemaphysalis punctata, haemaphysalis concinna, and ixode ... | 2010 | 21142961 |
| spotted fever group rickettsiae in dermacentor reticulatus and haemaphysalis punctata ticks in the uk. | spotted fever group (sfg) rickettsiae have recently been identified for the first time in uk ticks. this included the findings of rickettsia helvetica in ixodes ricinus and rickettsia raoultii in dermacentor reticulatus. this paper further investigates the occurrence of sfg rickettsiae in additional geographically distinct populations of d. reticulatus, and for the first time, investigates the occurrence of sfg rickettsiae in uk populations of haemaphysalis punctata ticks. | 2013 | 23870197 |
| detection of tick-borne anaplasma bovis, anaplasma phagocytophilum and anaplasma centrale in spain. | the genus anaplasma (rickettsiales: anaplasmataceae) includes species of medical and veterinary importance. the presence of anaplasma spp. in ticks from birds, as well as in haemaphysalis punctata (ixodida: ixodidae) specimens collected from cattle and vegetation in northern spain was investigated. a total of 336 ticks from birds [174 ixodes frontalis (ixodida: ixodidae), 108 h. punctata, 34 hyalomma marginatum (ixodida: ixodidae), 17 ixodes ricinus (ixodida: ixodidae) and three ixodes spp.], an ... | 2015 | 26111122 |
| theileria sp. ot3 and other tick-borne pathogens in sheep and ticks in italy: molecular characterization and phylogeny. | pcr reverse line blot (rlb) hybridization and sequencing were used to determine the dynamics of infection with tick-borne pathogens in one hundred apparently healthy sheep in italy. blood samples were tested once prior to the onset of the grazing season (june 2010) and once after the end of the grazing season (august 2010). ticks collected from sheep and from the vegetation were also tested by pcr/rlb. before grazing, 56% of the sheep harbored several tick-borne pathogens: anaplasma ovis was the ... | 2015 | 25448422 |
| a survey of ixodid tick species and molecular identification of tick-borne pathogens. | this study was undertaken in two different climatic areas of turkey to determine the presence of tick-borne pathogens of medical and veterinary importance. the ticks were removed from humans, pooled according to species and developmental stages, and analyzed by pcr, reverse line blot (rlb) and sequencing. of the 2333 removed ticks from 10 species, 1238 (53.06%) were obtained from the arid cold zone, and the remaining 1095 (46.93%) were obtained from the humid zone. the removed ticks were identif ... | 2014 | 24424312 |
| analysis of pathogen co-occurrence in host-seeking adult hard ticks from serbia. | past studies in serbia have reported concurrent infections of ixodes ricinus ticks with borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato genospecies, anaplasma phagocytophilum and francisella tularensis. as a step forward, this investigation included a broader range of microorganisms and five most common and abundant tick species in serbia. five tick species were identified (dermacentor marginatus, d. reticulatus, haemaphysalis punctata, h. concinna and i. ricinus) and analyzed for the presence of seven pathogen ... | 2013 | 22773070 |
| borrelia diversity and co-infection with other tick borne pathogens in ticks. | identifying borrelia burgdorferi as the causative agent of lyme disease in 1981 was a watershed moment in understanding the major impact that tick-borne zoonoses can have on public health worldwide, particularly in europe and the usa. the medical importance of tick-borne diseases has long since been acknowledged, yet little is known regarding the occurrence of emerging tick-borne pathogens such as borrelia spp., anaplasma phagocytophilum, rickettsia spp., bartonella spp., "candidatus neoehrlichi ... | 2017 | 28261565 |
| urban breeding corvids as disseminators of ticks and emerging tick-borne pathogens. | crows (corvidae) are common city dwellers worldwide and are increasingly important subjects of epidemiology studies. although their importance as hosts and transmitters of a number of zoonotic parasites and pathogens is well known, there are no studies on their importance as tick hosts. after mosquitoes, ticks are the most important vectors of zoonotic pathogens, especially for those causing emerging zoonotic diseases. pathogenic bacteria, especially borrelia spp., rickettsia spp., and anaplasma ... | 2017 | 27922802 |
| molecular survey of tick-borne pathogens in ixodid ticks collected from hunted wild animals in tuscany, italy. | to determine the prevalence of zoonotic tick-borne bacteria in feeding ticks removed from hunted wild animals. | 2015 | 26433656 |