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Ticks and Tick-Borne Infections: Complex Ecology, Agents, and Host Interactions

Ticks transmit the most diverse array of infectious agents of any arthropod vector. Both ticks and the microbes they transmit are recognized as significant threats to human and veterinary public health. This article examines the potential impacts of climate change on the distribution of ticks and th...

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Autor principal: Wikel, Stephen K.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: MDPI 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6024845/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29925800
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/vetsci5020060
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description Ticks transmit the most diverse array of infectious agents of any arthropod vector. Both ticks and the microbes they transmit are recognized as significant threats to human and veterinary public health. This article examines the potential impacts of climate change on the distribution of ticks and the infections they transmit; the emergence of novel tick-borne pathogens, increasing geographic range and incidence of tick-borne infections; and advances in the characterization of tick saliva mediated modulation of host defenses and the implications of those interactions for transmission, establishment, and control of tick infestation and tick-borne infectious agents.
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spelling pubmed-60248452018-07-08 Ticks and Tick-Borne Infections: Complex Ecology, Agents, and Host Interactions Wikel, Stephen K. Vet Sci Review Ticks transmit the most diverse array of infectious agents of any arthropod vector. Both ticks and the microbes they transmit are recognized as significant threats to human and veterinary public health. This article examines the potential impacts of climate change on the distribution of ticks and the infections they transmit; the emergence of novel tick-borne pathogens, increasing geographic range and incidence of tick-borne infections; and advances in the characterization of tick saliva mediated modulation of host defenses and the implications of those interactions for transmission, establishment, and control of tick infestation and tick-borne infectious agents. MDPI 2018-06-20 /pmc/articles/PMC6024845/ /pubmed/29925800 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/vetsci5020060 Text en © 2018 by the author. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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title_short Ticks and Tick-Borne Infections: Complex Ecology, Agents, and Host Interactions
title_sort ticks and tick-borne infections: complex ecology, agents, and host interactions
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6024845/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29925800
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/vetsci5020060
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