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Modeling host responses to tick feeding and tick-borne flavivirus evolution and dispersal
Ixodid ticks are hematophagous arthropods that feed on host animals for an extended period of time. To facilitate feeding, ticks secrete a complex mixture of salivary molecules that inhibit host responses such as coagulation, complement, itch responses, and immune responses. Ticks act as vectors …
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Discovery and Molecular Characterization of Selenoprotein M in the Salivary Glands of <i>Amblyomma maculatum</i>, the Gulf Coast Tick
<p>The Gulfcoast ticks transmit disease-causing pathogens to humans and animals. <em>Rickettsia parkeri</em> is notable among the pathogens transmitted by <em>A. maculatum</em> to humans. Heavy infestations of <em>A. maculatum</em> on animal ears cause them to become thickened and curled, a …
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<i>Ixodes Scapularis</i> SRC Kinase Is Required for Rickettsial Pathogen Survival in Ticks
… It uses<em> Ixodes scapularis</em> ticks as a vector for spreading infection to other mammal species. This bacterium has a specific path for infection through the salivary glands of its vector host. It also suppresses certain functions such as the inhibition of apoptosis and ROS …
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Interference with biologic transmission of Anaplasma marginale by targeting the tick-pathogen interface
Ticks are globally renowned vectors for numerous zoonoses. Ixodid ticks transmit a variety of viral, bacterial, and protozoan pathogens to their vertebrate hosts. Because of the expansion of the geographic ranges of both ticks and pathogens, increasing tick populations, emerging tick-borne …
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Cyclic-di-GMP Signaling in the Borrelia Spirochetes
<p>Lyme disease is the most common tick-borne disease in North America, with approximately 35,000 cases reported to the Centers for Disease Control in 2008. The genome of its causative agent, Borrelia burgdorferi, encodes for a set of genes involved in the metabolism and regulatory activities of …
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A Metagenomic Study of The Tick Midgut
<strong>A Metagenomic Study of the Tick Midgut<br></strong> Daniel Yuan, B.S.<br> Supervisory Professor : Steven J. Norris, Ph.D.<br> Southern tick–associated rash illness (STARI) or Master’s disease is a Lyme-like illness that occurs following bites by <em>Amblyomma americanum</em>, the lone-star …