Looking in ticks for human bacterial pathogens.
Summary of "Looking in ticks for human bacterial pathogens."
Ticks are considered to be second worldwide to mosquitoes as vectors of human diseases and the most important vectors of disease-causing pathogens in domestic and wild animals. A number of emerging tick-borne pathogens are already discovered; however, the proportion of undiagnosed infectious diseases, especially in tropical regions, may suggest that there are still more pathogens associated with ticks. Moreover, the identification of bacteria associated with ticks may provide new tool for the control of ticks and tick-borne diseases. Described here molecular methods of screening of ticks, extensive use of modern culturomics approach, newly developed artificial media and different cell line cultures may significantly improve our knowledge about the ticks as the agents of human and animal pathology.
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Name: Microbial pathogenesis
ISSN: 1096-1208
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- PubMed Source: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25229617
- DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.micpath.2014.09.008
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