In sub-Saharan Africa,limited studies have investigated zoonotic pathogens that may be harboured by ticks infesting reptiles such as tortoises.Here,we report the presence of pathogenic Rickettsia in ticks(Amblyomma ma...
Background:The microbiome composition of an arthropod vector may impede the growth of some pathogens,aid colonisation by pathogens or affect vector behaviour in ways that impact the transmission of pathogens.In Zambia...
supported in part by The International Joint Laboratory on Tropical Diseases Control in the Greater Mekong Subregion fund(21410750200);the Science and Technology Commission of Shanghai,China and The Science and Technology Innovation Project fund of the School of Global Health,Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine(SGHKJCX2021-05,SGHKJCX2021-04),China.
Haemaphysalis ticks are pathogenic vectors that threaten human and animal health and were identified in Chongming,the third largest island in China.To understand the distribution of these ticks and determine their pot...
supported by the National Key R&D Program of China(2022YFC2305100,2021YFC2300900);the Key Deployment Projects of the Chinese Academy of Sciences(KJZD-SW-L11);the Youth Project of the Wuhan Institute of Virology,Chinese Academy of Sciences(2023QNTJ-03);the Biological Resources Program,Chinese Academy of Sciences(KFJ-BRP-017-74);the National Basic Science Data Sharing Service Platform(NBSDC-DB-13).
Ticks are a major parasite on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau,western China,and represent an economic burden to agriculture and animal husbandry.Despite research on tick-borne pathogens that threaten humans and animals,the ...
The aim of the present study was to compare the ixodicide efficacy of 1% permethrin applied as a shampoo-bath in single treatment and a combined formulation of 2% permethrin + 1% piperonyl butoxide applied as powder i...
supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(grant number:U21A20180);the National Key R&D Program of China(2021YFC2300900,2022YFC2305100);the Key Deployment Projects of the Chinese Academy of Sciences(KJZD-SW-L11);the Youth Project of the Wuhan Institute of Virology,Chinese Academy of Sciences(2023QNTJ-03);the National Basic Science Data Sharing Service Platform(NBSDC-DB-13).
Haemaphysalis longicornis ticks,commonly found in East Asia,can transmit various pathogenic viruses,includingthe severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome virus(SFTSV)that has caused febrile diseases among humansin ...
American National Science Foundation and Spanish Ministerio de Economia y Competitividad provided financial support(EEBB-I-14-08326 to RM-P and EF-1241848 to BS);RM-P enjoys a postdoctoral contract(CEECIND/04084/2017)by ICETA-Instituto de Ciencias,Tecnologias e Agroambiente da Universidade do Porto and Fundacao da Ciencia e Tecnologia.Authors declare no conflict of interest.
Male competition conforms to a cost-benefit model,because while aggression may increase reproductive prospects,it can also increase the risk of injury.We hypothesize that an additional cost in aggressive males would b...
supported by National Key R&D Program of China to X.X.(2021YFA1300402);the National Natural Science Foundation of China to Q.X.(32170259),X.X.(U1904202,32170275).
Recently,Kidokoro et al.found that protein complex LNK3,4-RVE4,8 and LNK1,2-RVE4,8 of the circadian clock modulates plant cold-and high-temperature tolerance,respectively.Here,we reviewed the discovery of LNKs,the dyn...
The tick, Ixodes scapularis, vectors pathogens such as Borrelia burgdorferi, the bacterium that causes Lyme disease. Over the last few decades I. scapularis has expanded its range, introducing a novel health threat in...
Cryptococcus is a yeast typically found in bird feces such as pigeon droppings. Infection may occur through inhalation of spores or via direct inoculation into the skin. Typically there is a history of immunosuppressi...