Ixodes persulcatus
Functional structure and antimicrobial activity of persulcatusin, an antimicrobial peptide from the hard tick Ixodes persulcatus
... [7]. Ixodes persulcatus is a predominant tick species that spreads a wide array of serious human and animal pathogens, including Borrelia garinii, which causes Lyme ...
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First evidence of established populations of the taiga tick Ixodes persulcatus (Acari: Ixodidae) in Sweden
... Ixodes persulcatus is one of the most important vectors of human-pathogenic viruses and microorganisms in the temperate area of the Palaearctic ...I. persulcatus in Finland ...I. persulcatus, ...
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First records of tick borne pathogens in populations of the taiga tick Ixodes persulcatus in Sweden
... region belongs to the middle boreal subzone [23]. Norr- botten is to the west bordered by the Swedish province Lappland, which together with Norrbotten form the northernmost provinces of Sweden. This is a typical taiga ...
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Antigenic properties of Borrelia burgdorferi isolated from Ixodes ovatus and Ixodes persulcatus in Hokkaido, Japan
... Antigenic properties of the Japanese strains were compared with those of the strains isolated in the United States B31 and 297 and Europe IRS, P/Gau, P/Bi, 2/B45, and 3/B56 by Western bl[r] ...
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A novel zoonotic Anaplasma species is prevalent in small ruminants: potential public health implications
... Methods: The presence of A. capra was determined by nested PCR in 547 blood samples collected from goats and sheep from 24 counties distributed in 12 provinces in China. The molecular characterization of A. capra ...
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IDENTIFICATION OF THE SIBERIAN TYPE TICK-BORNE ENCEPHALITIS VIRUS AND SEROLOGICAL SURVEILLANCE IN MONGOLIA
... by Ixodes ricinus, and the Siberian and Far- Eastern subtypes are transmitted by Ixodes persulcatus ticks [1, 3, and ...8]. Ixodes persulcatus ticks, vector of tick-borne encephalitis ...
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Distribution and molecular characteristics of rickettsiae found in ticks across Central Mongolia
... 261 Ixodes persulcatus, 795 Dermacentor nuttalli, and 441 Hyalomma asiaticum, were collected from three provinces; Selenge, Tov and Dornogovi, which stretch vertically across central ...
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Multilocus Sequence Typing Implicates Rodents as the Main Reservoir Host of Human Pathogenic Borrelia garinii in Japan
... Lyme disease is a multisystemic disorder caused by infection with the tick-borne spirochetes Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato (s.l.). B. burgdorferi sensu stricto (s.s.), Borrelia garinii, and Borrelia afzelii, which are ...
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Detection and Identification of Ehrlichia spp in Ticks Collected in Tunisia and Morocco
... by Ixodes scapu- laris (9, 40), whereas they are transmitted by Ixodes persulcatus in Asia (3, ...in Ixodes ricinus ticks collected in different countries of Western Europe (5, 7, 14, 17, 22, ...
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Borrelia burgdorferi (sensu lato) in ectoparasites and reptiles in southern Italy
... tick, Ixodes ricinus, and other species, such as Ixodes persulcatus, vectors of the patho- gens in Europe [3, 10, ...that Ixodes spp. (e.g. I. rici- nus, Ixodes scapularis, I. ...
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Anaplasma phagocytophilum evolves in geographical and biotic niches of vertebrates and ticks
... Methods: The presence of A. phagocytophilum DNA was determined in ticks and vertebrate tissue samples. A frag‑ ment of the groEl gene was amplified and sequenced from qPCR‑positive lysates. Additional groEl sequences ...
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A 117 year retrospective analysis of Pennsylvania tick community dynamics
... distinguishing Ixodes from other genera of ticks is fairly simple, species- level identification requires more detailed morphologi- cal examination, since there are six endemic species of Ixodes and three ...
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Morphological responses to feeding in ticks (Ixodes ricinus)
... As soon as feeding begins, the epidermal cells of the alloscutum become hypertrophic and arrange as a single layered epithelium. We did not find evidence for hyperpla- sia of epidermal cells in any of the hundreds of ...
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Silaghi, Cornelia (2008): Prevalence and genetic analysis of Anaplasma phagocytophilum and Spotted Fever Group rickettsiae in the tick Ixodes ricinus in urban and periurban sites in southern Germany. Dissertation, LMU München: Tierärztliche Fakultät
... Host-seeking Ixodes ricinus (L.) ticks were collected systematically, from May to September 2006, at selected sites in Southern Germany, including a large city park in Munich. Polymerase Chain Reactions for ...
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Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM) analysis and biological control of Ixodes ricinus using entomopathogenic fungi
... Fig. 2. Scanning electron microscopy (SEM) analysis of ticks contaminated with Metarhizium anisopliae. a–b. Growth of fungal mycelia on the cuticle of killed ticks which shows signs of fungal grow in dorsal and ventral ...
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Poljak, Sabine (2012): Epidemiologische Studie zu zeckenübertragenen Krankheitserregern in Ixodes ricinus aus bayerischen Parkanlagen. Dissertation, LMU München: Tierärztliche Fakultät
... Ixodes (I.) ricinus, the most common tick species in Europe, serves as an important vector for several microbial pathogens. Beside Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato and the tick-borne encephalitis virus, other ...
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Exploring the sialome of the tick Ixodes scapularis
... The two sequences in group 7 match a sequence deposited in the NR database from I. scapularis and annotated as thrombospondin. The two predicted mature sequences, with eight conserved cysteine residues, code for two ...
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Novel Borrelia burgdorferi isolates from Ixodes scapularis and Ixodes dentatus ticks feeding on humans
... from Ixodes pacificus, Ixodes neotomae, and Ixodes dentatus ticks, however, have shown extensive antigenic heter- ogeneity, as have strains recovered from dusky-footed wood rats (Neotoma fuscipes) ...
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Tick borne bacterial pathogens in southwestern Finland
... Ticks were collected from May (week 20) to September (week 39) in 2013 and 2014 from 25 localities around southwestern Finland (Fig. 1). Ticks were sampled by slowly dragging a 1.0 m 2 square cotton cloth along ground ...
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Estimating Ixodes ricinus densities on the landscape scale
... as explanatory variables. These were preselected accord- ing to their biological relevance. Air temperature was selected, since thermal conditions determine the rate of tick development from stage to stage and activity ...
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