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Open AccessHost–pathogen associations revealed by genoty** of European strains of Anaplasma phagocytophilum to describe natural endemic cycles
The zoonotic intracellular alpha-proteobacterium Anaplasma phagocytophilum is a tick-transmitted pathogen. The associations between vertebrate reservoirs and vectors are described as wide-ranging, and it was prev...
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Open AccessVirale Zoonosen in Deutschland aus der One Health-Perspektive
COVID-19-Pandemie und gehäuftes Auftreten von Mpox-Erkrankungen (Affenpocken) außerhalb Afrikas haben die Verletzlichkeit der Bevölkerung für aus dem Tierreich stammende Krankheitserreger deutlich werden lasse...
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Open AccessVector-borne and other pathogens of potential relevance disseminated by relocated cats
Large populations of unowned cats constitute an animal welfare, ecological, societal and public health issue worldwide. Their relocation and homing are currently carried out in many parts of the world with the...
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Open AccessDiversity of Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato in ticks and small mammals from different habitats
Ixodid ticks are important vectors for zoonotic pathogens, with Ixodes ricinus being the most important in Europe. Rodents are hosts of immature life stages of I. ricinus ticks and are considered main reservoirs ...
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Open AccessEmerging rodent-associated Bartonella: a threat for human health?
Species of the genus Bartonella are facultative intracellular alphaproteobacteria with zoonotic potential. Bartonella infections in humans range from mild with unspecific symptoms to life threatening, and can be ...
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Open AccessHost–parasite interactions of rodent hosts and ectoparasite communities from different habitats in Germany
Small mammals are important maintenance hosts of ectoparasites as well as reservoir hosts for many arthropod-borne pathogens. In Germany, only a few studies have investigated ectoparasite communities on small ...
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Open AccessParasites and vector-borne diseases disseminated by rehomed dogs
The Companion Vector-Borne Diseases (CVBD) World Forum is a working group of leading international experts who meet annually to evaluate current scientific findings and future trends concerning the distributio...
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Open AccessImmune response of horses to inactivated African horse sickness vaccines
African horse sickness (AHS) is a serious viral disease of equids resulting in the deaths of many equids in sub-Saharan Africa that has been recognized for centuries. This has significant economic impact on th...
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Open AccessRats as potential reservoirs for neglected zoonotic Bartonella species in Flanders, Belgium
Bartonella spp. are vector-borne pathogens transmitted to humans via blood-sucking arthropods. Rodents such as the black rat (Rattus rattus) and Norway rat (R. norvegicus) are thought to be the main reservoirs. A...
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Open AccessThe influence of equine body weight gain on inflammatory cytokine expressions of adipose tissue in response to endotoxin challenge
Human obesity is linked with systemic inflammation. However, it is still controversial if equines produce more inflammatory cytokines with increasing body weight and if the production of those show breed type ...
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Open AccessUnder the skin: Ixodes ticks in the subcutaneous tissue of red foxes (Vulpes vulpes) from Germany
Ixodes spp. are vectors of zoonotic pathogens. All three active life stages (larvae, nymphs, adults) need to feed on a host in order to develop. Usually ticks parasitize attached to the external surface of their ...
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Tick burden on European roe deer (Capreolus capreolus) from Saxony, Germany, and detection of tick-borne encephalitis virus in attached ticks
Southern Germany is known as tick-borne encephalitis (TBE) risk area; however, the north of the country is almost free of human TBE cases. Due to its location in the transition zone between TBE risk areas and ...
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Open AccessCo-infection, reinfection and superinfection with Anaplasma phagocytophilum strains in a cattle herd based on ankA gene and multilocus sequence ty**
Anaplasma phagocytophilum is a Gram-negative obligate intracellular bacterium that replicates in neutrophil granulocytes. It is transmitted by ticks of the Ixodes ricinus complex and causes febrile illness in hum...
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Open AccessUptake and fecal excretion of Coxiella burnetii by Ixodes ricinus and Dermacentor marginatus ticks
The bacterium Coxiella burnetii is the etiological agent of Q fever and is mainly transmitted via inhalation of infectious aerosols. DNA of C. burnetii is frequently detected in ticks, but the role of ticks as ve...
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Open AccessLeptospirose in Deutschland: Aktuelle Erkenntnisse zu Erregerspezies, Reservoirwirten und Erkrankungen bei Mensch und Tier
Die Leptospirose ist eine Zoonose, die bei Mensch und Tier eine große Bandbreite von Krankheitssymptomen mit sehr milden bis hin zu sehr schweren Verläufen aufweisen kann. In Deutschland ist der Labornachweis ...
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Open AccessHighly prevalent bartonellae and other vector-borne pathogens in small mammal species from the Czech Republic and Germany
Rodents are important reservoirs for zoonotic vector-borne agents. Thus, the distribution of rodents and their vicinity to humans and companion animals may have an important impact on human and animal health. ...
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Open AccessLong-term trends of tick-borne pathogens in regard to small mammal and tick populations from Saxony, Germany
Rodents are important in the life-cycle of ticks as hosts for immature developmental stages. Both rodents and ticks are of public health interest as they are reservoirs and vectors for different tick-borne pat...
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Open AccessRepeated isolation of tick-borne encephalitis virus from adult Dermacentor reticulatus ticks in an endemic area in Germany
Tick-borne encephalitis (TBE) virus is transmitted to humans and animals through tick bites and is thought to circulate in very strictly defined natural environments called natural foci. The most common tick s...
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Open AccessRecent advances on Dirofilaria repens in dogs and humans in Europe
Dirofilaria repens is a nematode affecting domestic and wild canids, transmitted by several species of mosquitoes. It usually causes a non-pathogenic subcutaneous infection in dogs and is the principal agent of h...
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Open AccessThe diversity of tick-borne bacteria and parasites in ticks collected from the Strandja Nature Park in south-eastern Bulgaria
Ticks are important carriers of many different zoonotic pathogens. To date, there are many studies about ticks and tick-borne pathogens (TBP), but only a few were carried out in Bulgaria. The present study int...
