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    A Beginner's guide to collecting questing hard ticks (acari: ixodidae): A standardized tick dragging protocol
    ( 11/1/2020) Salomon, Jordan ; Hamer, Sarah A. ; Swei, Andrea
    Abstract Tick-borne diseases are emerging globally, necessitating increased research and coordination of tick surveillance practices. The most widely used technique for active collection of host-seeking, human-biting tick vectors is ‘tick dragging’, by which a cloth is dragged across the top of the vegetation or forest floor and regularly checked for the presence of ticks. Use of variable dragging protocols limits the ability of researchers to combine data sets for comparative analyses or determine patterns and trends across different spatial and temporal scales. Standardization of tick drag collection and reporting methodology will greatly benefit the field of tick-pathogen studies. Based on the recommendations of the Center for Disease Control and Prevention and other ecological considerations, we propose that tick dragging should be conducted to sample at least 750 m2 along linear transects when habitat allows in a manner that reduces bias in the sampled area, and report density of each tick species and life stage separately. A protocol for constructing a standard drag cloth, establishing linear transects, and drag sampling is presented, along with a downloadable datasheet that can be modified to suit the needs of different projects. Efforts to align tick surveillance according to these standard best practices will help generate robust data on tick population biology.
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    Barriers to Effective Tick Management and Tick-Bite Prevention in the United States (Acari: Ixodidae)
    ( 5/6/2020) Eisen, Lars ; Stafford, Kirby C.
    Abstract Lyme and other tick-borne diseases are increasing in the United States. Development of tick control tools have focused primarily on the blacklegged tick, Ixodes scapularis Say. Application of acaricides or entomopathogenic fungal agents to kill host-seeking ticks or ticks on rodents can suppress I. scapularis abundance in residential landscapes, but evidence is lacking for impact on human tick bites or tick-borne disease. Similar studies remain limited for the lone star tick, Amblyomma americanum (L.). Other knowledge gaps include how well homeowners and pest control companies perform in the broadcast application of tick-killing products, relative to high efficacy reported in research studies, and the tick-killing potential of natural product formulations exempt from Environmental Protection Agency registration. Area-wide control based on preventing ticks from feeding on their main reproductive host, the white-tailed deer, can suppress populations of both I. scapularis and A. americanum. Some studies also suggest an impact on Lyme disease cases, but this needs to be further validated in larger-scale intervention studies. The effectiveness, scale, cost, and implementation of various tick management strategies are important considerations in efforts to reduce human tick encounters and tick-borne disease. Additional barriers include weak incentives for industry and academia to develop, test, and register new tick and pathogen control technologies, including vaccines targeting humans, tick reproductive hosts, or wildlife pathogen reservoirs. Solutions will need to be ‘two-pronged’: improving the tick and pathogen control toolbox and strengthening the public health workforce engaging in tick control at local and state levels.
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    Cattle ticks and tick-borne diseases: a review of Uganda's situation
    ( 9/2021) Kasaija, Paul D. ; Estrada-Peña, Agustín ; Contreras, Marinela ; Kirunda, Halid ; de la Fuente, José
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    Citizen science informs human-tick exposure in the Northeastern United States
    ( 5/7/2019) Porter, W. Tanner ; Motyka, Peter J. ; Wachara, Julie ; Barrand, Zachary A. ; Hmood, Zahraa ; McLaughlin, Marya ; Pemberton, Kelsey ; Nieto, Nathan C.
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    Conventional agrochemicals towards nano-biopesticides: an overview on recent advances
    ( 1/15/2022) Abdollahdokht, Danial ; Gao, Yunhao ; Faramarz, Sanaz ; Poustforoosh, Alireza ; Abbasi, Mojtaba ; Asadikaram, Gholamreza ; Nematollahi, Mohammad Hadi
    AbstractPesticides are classified into several groups based on their structure, including fungicides, insecticides, herbicides, bactericides, and rodenticides. Pesticides are toxic to both humans and pests. For pest control, a very small amount of pesticides reach their target pests. Therefore, nearly all pesticides move through the environment and exert adverse effects on beneficial biota and public health. These chemicals pollute the water, soil, and atmosphere of the ecosystem. Agricultural workers in greenhouses and open fields, exterminators of house pests, and workers in the pesticide industry are occupationally exposed to pesticides. Pesticide exposure in the general population primarily happens through the consumption of food and water contaminated with pesticide residues; however, substantial exposure can also occur outside or inside the house. Currently, intelligent, responsive, biodegradable, and biocompatible materials have attracted considerable interest for the formulation of green, safe, and efficient pesticides. It was indicated that utilizing nanotechnology to design and prepare targeted pesticides with an environmentally responsive controlled release via chemical modifications and compounds offers great potential for creating new formulations. Furthermore, biopesticides include microbial pesticides, which are naturally happening biochemical pesticides. In addition, pesticidal substances generated by plants with added genetic materials, i.e., plant-incorporated protectants (PIPs), have emerged. Based on the foregoing evidence, various types of pesticides are summarized in this review for the first time. Here, new pesticides including nano-pesticides and biopesticides are discussed while focusing on the most recent findings on targeted and safe nano-formulated biopesticides and nano-pesticides. Graphical Abstract
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    Counterattacking the tick bite: Towards a rational design of anti-tick vaccines targeting pathogen transmission
    ( 5/14/2019) Rego, Ryan O.M. ; Trentelman, Jos J.A. ; Anguita, Juan ; Nijhof, Ard M. ; Sprong, Hein ; Klempa, Boris ; Hajdusek, Ondrej ; Tomás-Cortázar, Julen ; Azagi, Tal ; Strnad, Martin ; Knorr, Sarah ; Sima, Radek ; Jalovecka, Marie ; Fumačová Havlíková, Sabína ; Ličková, Martina ; Sláviková, Monika ; Kopacek, Petr ; Grubhoffer, Libor ; Hovius, Joppe W.
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    DADAN: dual-path attention with distribution analysis network for text-image matching
    ( 1/17/2022) Li, Wenhao ; Zhu, Hongqing ; Yang, Suyi ; Zhang, Han
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    De novo transcriptome sequencing of the northern fowl mite, Ornithonyssus sylviarum, shed light on parasitiform poultry mites evolution and its chemoreceptor repertoires
    ( 1/15/2022) Bhowmick, Biswajit ; Chen, Huaqing ; Lozano-Fernandez, Jesus ; Vizueta, Joel ; Ignell, Rickard ; Han, Qian
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    Development of a practical framework for sustainable surveillance and control of ticks and tick-borne diseases in Africa
    Nchu, Felix ; Nyangiwe, Nkululeko ; Muhanguzi, Dennis ; Nzalawahe, Jahashi ; Nagagi, Yakob Petro ; Msalya, George ; Joseph, Natala Audu ; Kimaro, Esther Gwae ; Mollel, Margaret ; Temba, Violet ; Harouna, Difo Voukang
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    Diversity and circulation of Jingmen tick virus in ticks and mammals
    ( 7/1/2020) Guo, Jing Jing ; Lin, Xian Dan ; Chen, Yan Mei ; Hao, Zong Yu ; Wang, Zhao Xiao ; Yu, Zhu Mei ; Lu, Miao ; Li, Kun ; Qin, Xin Cheng ; Wang, Wen ; Holmes, Edward C. ; Hou, Wei ; Zhang, Yong Zhen
    Abstract Since its initial identification in ticks in 2010, Jingmen tick virus (JMTV) has been described in cattle, rodents, and primates. To better understand the diversity, evolution, and transmission of JMTV, we sampled 215 ticks, 104 cattle bloods, 216 bats, and 119 rodents in Wenzhou city, Zhejiang Province, China as well as 240 bats from Guizhou and Henan Provinces. JMTV was identified in 107 ticks (from two species), 54 bats (eleven species), 8 rodents (three species), and 10 cattle, with prevalence levels of 49.8, 11.8, 6.7, and 9.6 per cent, respectively, suggesting that bats may be a natural reservoir of JMTV. Phylogenetic analyses revealed that all the newly identified JMTVs were closely related to each other and to previously described viruses. Additionally, all tick and mammalian JMTV sampled in Wenzhou shared a consistent genomic structure, suggesting that the virus can cocirculate between ticks and mammals without observable variation in genome organization. All JMTVs sampled globally could be divided into two phylogenetic groups, Mantel tests suggested that geographic isolation, rather than host species, may be the main driver of JMTV diversity. However, the exact geographical origin of JMTV was difficult to determine, suggesting that this virus has a complex evolutionary history.
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    Emerging tick-borne diseases
    Madison-Antenucci, Susan ; Kramer, Laura D. ; Gebhardt, Linda L. ; Kauffman, Elizabeth
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    Emerging tick-borne pathogens of public health importance: A mini-review
    ( 6/1/2020) Rochlin, Ilia ; Toledo, Alvaro
    Ticks are the most important vectors of human pathogens, leading to increased public health burdens worldwide. Tick-borne pathogens include viruses (e.g. tick-borne encephalitis and Powassan); bacteria, such as the causative agents of Lyme disease, spotted fever rickettsiosis and human anaplasmosis; and malaria-like protozoan parasites causing babesiosis. Tick-borne diseases are emerging due to the geographical expansion of their tick vectors, especially in the northern hemisphere. Two examples of this phenomenon areIxodes scapularisandAmblyomma americanum, which have expanded their ranges in the USA in recent decades and are responsible for the continuous emergence of Lyme disease and human ehrlichiosis, respectively. This phenomenon is also occurring worldwide and is reflected by the increasing number of tick-borne encephalitis and haemorrhagic fever cases in Europe and Asia. In this review, we provide a concise synopsis of the most medically important tick-borne pathogen worldwide, with a particular emphasis on emerging public health threats.
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    Enhanced threat of tick-borne infections within cities? Assessing public health risks due to ticks in urban green spaces in Helsinki, Finland
    ( 9/24/2020) Sormunen, Jani Jukka ; Kulha, Niko ; Klemola, Tero ; Mäkelä, Satu ; Vesilahti, Ella Maria ; Vesterinen, Eero Juhani
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    Enhancing the performance of 3D auto-correlation gradient features in depth action classification
    ( 1/16/2022) Bulbul, Mohammad Farhad ; Islam, Saiful ; Azme, Zannatul ; Pareek, Preksha ; Kabir, Md. Humaun ; Ali, Hazrat
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    Genetic Manipulation of Ticks: A Paradigm Shift in Tick and Tick-Borne Diseases Research
    ( 5/10/2021) Nuss, Andrew ; Sharma, Arvind ; Gulia-Nuss, Monika
    Ticks are obligate hematophagous arthropods that are distributed worldwide and are one of the most important vectors of pathogens affecting humans and animals. Despite the growing burden of tick-borne diseases, research on ticks has lagged behind other arthropod vectors, such as mosquitoes. This is largely because of challenges in applying functional genomics and genetic tools to the idiosyncrasies unique to tick biology, particularly techniques for stable genetic transformations. CRISPR-Cas9 is transforming non-model organism research; however, successful germline editing has yet to be accomplished in ticks. Here, we review the ancillary methods needed for transgenic tick development and the use of CRISPR/Cas9, the most promising gene-editing approach, for tick genetic transformation.
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    Immunobiology of Acquired Resistance to Ticks
    ( 10/14/2020) Karasuyama, Hajime ; Miyake, Kensuke ; Yoshikawa, Soichiro
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    Importation of ticks on companion animals and the risk of spread of tick-borne diseases to non-endemic regions in europe
    ( 12/22/2020) Buczek, Alicja ; Buczek, Weronika
    Increased human mobility elevates the risk of exposure of companion animals travelling with their owners or imported from other regions to tick attacks. In this study, we highlight the potential role of dogs and cats taken for tourist trips or imported animals in the spread of ticks and tick-borne pathogens. The Rhipicephalus sanguineus tick, which is a vector of numerous pathogens causing diseases in animals and humans, is imported most frequently from endemic areas to many European countries. Additionally, alien tick species with high epizootic and epidemiological importance can be imported on dogs from other continents. Companion animals play an even greater role in the spread of autochthonous tick species and transmission of tick pathogens to other animals and humans. Although the veterinary and medical effects of the parasitism of ticks carried by companion animals travelling with owners or imported animals are poorly assessed, these animals seem to play a role in the rapid spread of tick-borne diseases. Development of strategies for protection of the health of companion animals in different geographic regions should take into account the potential emergence of unknown animal tick-borne diseases that can be transmitted by imported ticks.
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    Induced Transient Immune Tolerance in Ticks and Vertebrate Host: A Keystone of Tick-Borne Diseases?
    ( 2/12/2021) Boulanger, Nathalie ; Wikel, Stephen
    Ticks and tick transmitted infectious agents are increasing global public health threats due to increasing abundance, expanding geographic ranges of vectors and pathogens, and emerging tick-borne infectious agents. Greater understanding of tick, host, and pathogen interactions will contribute to development of novel tick control and disease prevention strategies. Tick-borne pathogens adapt in multiple ways to very different tick and vertebrate host environments and defenses. Ticks effectively pharmacomodulate by its saliva host innate and adaptive immune defenses. In this review, we examine the idea that successful synergy between tick and tick-borne pathogen results in host immune tolerance that facilitates successful tick infection and feeding, creates a favorable site for pathogen introduction, modulates cutaneous and systemic immune defenses to establish infection, and contributes to successful long-term infection. Tick, host, and pathogen elements examined here include interaction of tick innate immunity and microbiome with tick-borne pathogens; tick modulation of host cutaneous defenses prior to pathogen transmission; how tick and pathogen target vertebrate host defenses that lead to different modes of interaction and host infection status (reservoir, incompetent, resistant, clinically ill); tick saliva bioactive molecules as important factors in determining those pathogens for which the tick is a competent vector; and, the need for translational studies to advance this field of study. Gaps in our understanding of these relationships are identified, that if successfully addressed, can advance the development of strategies to successfully disrupt both tick feeding and pathogen transmission.