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ArticleVeterinary sciences2025

Seasonal Dynamics and Pathogen Diversity of Tick Species Parasitizing Migratory Birds in Sardinia, Italy: Implications for the Spread of

Valentina Chisu, Laura Giua, Piera Bianco, Giovanna Chessa, Cipriano Foxi, Gaia Muroni, Giovanna Masala, Ivana Piredda

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Article in Veterinary sciences, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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2 citing papers in PubMed.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors.

Valentina ChisuIstituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale della Sardegna "G. Pegreffi", Via Duca degli Abruzzi 8, 07100 Sassari, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-3907-0463
Laura GiuaIstituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale della Sardegna "G. Pegreffi", Via Duca degli Abruzzi 8, 07100 Sassari, Italy.ORCID 0009-0002-6914-8065
Piera BiancoIstituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale della Sardegna "G. Pegreffi", Via Duca degli Abruzzi 8, 07100 Sassari, Italy.
Giovanna ChessaIstituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale della Sardegna "G. Pegreffi", Via Duca degli Abruzzi 8, 07100 Sassari, Italy.
Cipriano FoxiIstituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale della Sardegna "G. Pegreffi", Via Duca degli Abruzzi 8, 07100 Sassari, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-1089-7574
Gaia MuroniIstituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale della Sardegna "G. Pegreffi"-Centro di Sorveglianza Epidemiologica, Via XX Settembre 9, 09125 Cagliari, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-0802-5221
Giovanna MasalaIstituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale della Sardegna "G. Pegreffi", Via Duca degli Abruzzi 8, 07100 Sassari, Italy.
Ivana PireddaIstituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale della Sardegna "G. Pegreffi", Via Duca degli Abruzzi 8, 07100 Sassari, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-2878-4682

Funding

Italian Ministry of Health RC IZS SA 02/20
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Migratory birds play a key role in the ecology of tick-borne pathogens, serving as both hosts for ticks and as potential carriers of a wide range of infectious agents that can affect wildlife, domestic animals, and humans. Their long-distance movements contribute to the dispersal of ticks and the pathogens they harbor, with potential implications for the emergence and spread of zoonotic disease. This study focuses on the prevalence of

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Babesia/Theileria spp.Ixodes ricinusmigratory birdsOne Health surveillanceRickettsia spp.tick-borne zoonoses

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PMID40872704
PMCPMC12389837

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