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Blood-sucking acarid parasites of the order Ixodida comprising two families: the softbacked ticks (ARGASIDAE) and hardbacked ticks (IXODIDAE). Ticks are larger than their relatives, the MITES. They penetrate the skin of their host by means of highly specialized, hooked mouth parts and feed on its blood. Ticks attack all groups of terrestrial vertebrates. In humans they are responsible for many TICK-BORNE DISEASES, including the transmission of ROCKY MOUNTAIN SPOTTED FEVER; TULAREMIA; BABESIOSIS; AFRICAN SWINE FEVER; and RELAPSING FEVER. (From Barnes, Invertebrate Zoology, 5th ed, pp543-44)
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D013987
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| MeSH Number(s) |
B01.050.500.131.166.132.832
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| 1995 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1997 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2001 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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| 2012 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2016 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2019 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2020 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2021 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2022 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2023 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2024 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Ticks" by people in Profiles.
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Borrelia turicatae from Ticks in Peridomestic Setting, Camayeca, Mexico. Emerg Infect Dis. 2024 Feb; 30(2):380-383.
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Invasive Haemaphysalis longicornis (Acari: Ixodidae) investigation in South Carolina: new records of establishment, pathogen prevalence, and blood meal analyses. J Med Entomol. 2023 11 14; 60(6):1398-1405.
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Analysis of variable major protein antigenic variation in the relapsing fever spirochete, Borrelia miyamotoi, in response to polyclonal antibody selection pressure. PLoS One. 2023; 18(2):e0281942.
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Amplification and sequencing of entire tick mitochondrial genomes for a phylogenomic analysis. Sci Rep. 2022 11 11; 12(1):19310.
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Diversity and distribution of the tick-borne relapsing fever spirochete Borrelia turicatae. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2021 11; 15(11):e0009868.
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Pathogenesis of Relapsing Fever. Curr Issues Mol Biol. 2021; 42:519-550.
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The Factor H-Binding Site of CspZ as a Protective Target against Multistrain, Tick-Transmitted Lyme Disease. Infect Immun. 2020 04 20; 88(5).
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Case report: A retrospective serological analysis indicating human exposure to tick-borne relapsing fever spirochetes in Sonora, Mexico. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2019 04; 13(4):e0007215.
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A novel parvovirus, Roe deer copiparvovirus, identified in Ixodes ricinus ticks. Virus Genes. 2019 Jun; 55(3):425-428.
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Immunological Responses to the Relapsing Fever Spirochete Borrelia turicatae in Infected Rhesus Macaques: Implications for Pathogenesis and Diagnosis. Infect Immun. 2019 04; 87(4).