supported by the Priority Academic Program Development of Jiangsu Higher Education Institutions,National Natural Science Foundation of China(32170142,81971917,81271792,81471571);Jiangsu Natural Science Foundation(BK20211310),and funding from Suzhou International Joint Laboratory for Diagnosis and Treatment of Brain Diseases.
A systems biology approach was employed to gain insight into tick biology and interactions between vectors and pathogens.Haemaphysalis longicornis serves as one of the primary vectors of Babesia microti,significantly ...
supported by Wildlife Borne Infectious Diseases Monitoring Project of the State Forestry and Grassland Administration of China(2020076060);the National Key Research and Development Program of China to Changchun Tu(32130104).
Dear Editor,In recent decades,vector-transmitted emerging and re-emerging diseases pose public health issues around the world,in which emerging tick-borne viruses(TBVs)have played a major role since they are widely di...
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...
Background:This scoping review provides a baseline summary of the current records of the ticks,fleas,and mites of public health importance that are present in Bangladesh.It summarizes their geographic distributions an...
funded by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(U2002219);The datasets generated or analyzed during the current study are available from the corresponding author on reasonable request;All the nucleotide sequences obtained in this study are available in the GenBank of National Center for Biotechnology Information with accession numbers OR805110-OR805127,OR792783-OR792797,OR793990-OR793998,and OR813910-OR813915.
Recently,there has been a continuous stream of reports on emerging tick-borne pathogens affecting humans.Qinghai Province,located in the northweastern region,is one of China’s major pastoral areas,providing a suitabl...
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...
Background Rickettsia and related diseases have been identified as significant global public health threats.This study involved comprehensive field and systematic investigations of various rickettsial organisms in Yun...
supported by the Priority Academic Program Development of Jiangsu Higher Education Institutions,National Natural Science Foundation of China(81971917,32170142,81271792,and 81471571);Jiangsu Natural Science Foundation(BK20211310).
Serine proteinase inhibitors(serpins),identified from the hard tick Haemaphysalis longicornis of China,play significant roles in various animal physiological processes.In this study,we showed that H.longicornis serpin...
supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China(grant Nos.52106070,52276048);Guangdong Basic and Applied Basic Research Foundation(grant No.2020A1515111014);Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities(grant No.FRF-TP-20-058A1,FRF-EYIT-23-07).
Waste heat recovery of high-temperature granules is one of the most promising sustainable energy supply and carbon reduction ways for industry.A moving bed indirect heat exchanger(MBIHE)with inner-migration was propos...
supported by the research laboratory“Epidemiology of enzootic infections in herbivores in Tunisia:application to the control”(LR02AGR03);the research projects“Screening and molecular characterization of pathogenic and zoonotic bacteria of medical and economic interest in cattle and camel ticks in Tunisia”(19PEJC07-22);“Study of the bacterial microbiota in ticks with a medical and economic impact in Tunisia:contribution to the control of vector-borne bacterial diseases”(P2ES2020-D4P1)all of which are funded by the Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research of Tunisia。
Background:Until now,there has been limited information on the prevalence and the phylogeny of Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato in Ixodes ticks in Tunisia,particularly in Ixodes inopinatus.Methods:The present study aim...