ReviewCurrent research in parasitology & vector-borne diseases2021
Ecological and evolutionary perspectives on tick-borne pathogen co-infections.
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- High prevalence of vector-borne protozoa and bacteria in dogs from Chad determined using a targeted next-generation sequencing approach.Scientific reports · 2025Article
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- Temporal changes in the bacterial microbiome of the salivary gland and midgut tissues of Rhipicephalus sanguineus (s.l.) ticks in South Africa.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Use of Tick Cell Lines in Co-Infection Studies with a Preliminary Study of Co-Culture ofPathogens (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Differential Impact of Simultaneous or Sequential Coinfections WithInternational journal of microbiology · 2025Article
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- Changes in the Transcriptome and Long Non-Coding RNAs but Not the Methylome Occur in Human Cells Exposed toGenes · 2024Article
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- Microfluidic PCR and network analysis reveals complex tick-borne pathogen interactions in the tropics.Parasites & vectors · 2024Article
- Meta-analysis of tick-borne and other pathogens: Co-infection or co-detection? That is the question.Current research in parasitology & vector-borne diseases · 2024Review
- Guild Dynamics and Pathogen Interactions inTransboundary and emerging diseases · 2024Article
- Ticks and Tick-Borne Pathogens in Recreational Greenspaces in North Central Florida, USA.Microorganisms · 2023Article
- Transmission Cycle of Tick-Borne Infections and Co-Infections, Animal Models and Diseases.Pathogens (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Review
- Molecular Epidemiology and Species Diversity of Tick-Borne Pathogens of Animals in Egypt: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Pathogens (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Review
- Rickettsia helvetica infection is associated with microbiome modulation in Ixodes ricinus collected from humans in Serbia.Scientific reports · 2022Article
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4 authors at 3 institutions in 3 countries.
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Abstract
Tick-borne pathogen co-infections are common in nature. Co-infecting pathogens interact with each other and the tick microbiome, which influences individual pathogen fitness, and ultimately shapes virulence, infectivity, and transmission. In this review, we discuss how tick-borne pathogens are an ideal framework to study the evolutionary dynamics of co-infections. We highlight the importance of inter-species and intra-species interactions in vector-borne pathogen ecology and evolution. We also propose experimental evolution in tick cell lines as a method to directly test the impact of co-infections on pathogen evolution. Experimental evolution can simulate in real-time the long periods of time involved in within-vector pathogen interactions in nature, a major practical obstacle to cracking the influence of co-infections on pathogen evolution and ecology.
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