ReviewParasites & vectors2015
Flying ticks: anciently evolved associations that constitute a risk of infectious disease spread.
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- From flyways to foci: a systematic review and meta-analysis on the role of birds in the maintenance and global dispersal of ticks and tick-borne pathogens.Parasites & vectors · 2026Pooled it
- Seasonal variation in the bacterial microbiome of questing nymphal ticks in Missouri, United States.Frontiers in microbiology · 2026Article
- Zoonotic Bacteria and Vector-Borne Protozoa in Troglophilus Bat Colonies in Sicily (Southern Italy): A Biomolecular Survey.Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2025Article
- Wide spectrum of tick-borne pathogens in juvenile Ixodes ricinus collected from autumn-migrating birds in the Vistula River Valley, Poland.BMC veterinary research · 2024Article
- Interaction between spiders and ticks-ancient arthropod predatory behavior?Parasitology research · 2024Article
- Investigations of the tick burden on passeriform, water-associated and predatory birds reveal new tick-host associations and habitat-related factors of tick infestation.Parasites & vectors · 2024Article
- Molting incidents of Hyalomma spp. carrying human pathogens in Germany under different weather conditions.Parasites & vectors · 2024Article
- A crucial nexus: PhylogeneticCurrent research in parasitology & vector-borne diseases · 2024Article
- Description ofZooKeys · 2024Article
- Perception of Ticks and Tick-Borne Diseases Worldwide.Pathogens (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Review
- Tick Infestation in Migratory Birds of the Vistula River Valley, Poland.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- Demographic Expansions and the Emergence of Host Specialization in Genetically Distinct Ecotypes of the Tick-Transmitted Bacterium Anaplasma phagocytophilum.Applied and environmental microbiology · 2022Article
- The Role of Ticks in the Emergence ofMicroorganisms · 2021Review
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- Ineffective humoral anti-tick IgY-response in birds: reaction against pathogen constituents?Open research Europe · 2021Article
- Tick species from Africa by migratory birds: a 3-year study in Italy.Experimental & applied acarology · 2021Review
- Immature ticks on wild birds and the molecular detection of a novel Rickettsia strain in the Ibitipoca State Park, southeastern Brazil.Experimental & applied acarology · 2020Article
- Anaplasmataceae closely related to Ehrlichia chaffeensis and Neorickettsia helminthoeca from birds in Central Europe, Hungary.Antonie van Leeuwenhoek · 2020Article
- A Novel Combined Scientific and Artistic Approach for the Advanced Characterization of Interactomes: The Akirin/Subolesin Model.Vaccines · 2020Article
- Targeting the Exoskeleton Elementome to Track Tick Geographic Origins.Frontiers in physiology · 2020Article
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4 authors at 3 institutions in 3 countries.
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Abstract
Ticks are important vectors of emerging zoonotic diseases affecting human and animal health worldwide. Ticks are often found on wild birds, which have been long recognized as a potential risk factor for dissemination of ticks and tick-borne pathogens (TBP), thus raising societal concerns and prompting research into their biology and ecology. To fully understand the role of birds in disseminating some ticks species and TBP, it is important to consider the evolutionary relationships between birds, ticks and transmitted pathogens. In this paper we reviewed the possible role of birds in the dissemination of TBP as a result of the evolution of host-tick-pathogen associations. Birds are central elements in the ecological networks of ticks, hosts and TBP. The study of host-tick-pathogen associations reveals a prominent role for birds in the dissemination of Borrelia spp. and Anaplasma phagocytophilum, with little contribution to the possible dissemination of other TBP. Birds have played a major role during tick evolution, which explains why they are by far the most important hosts supporting the ecological networks of ticks and several TBP. The immune response of birds to ticks and TBP has been largely overlooked. To implement effective measures for the control of tick-borne diseases, it is necessary to study bird-tick and bird-pathogen molecular interactions including the immune response of birds to tick infestation and pathogen infection.
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