Tick-borne diseases of humans and animals in West Africa

AZ Diarra, P Kelly, B Davoust, P Parola - Pathogens, 2023 - mdpi.com
Ticks are a significant group of arthropod vectors that transmit a large variety of pathogens
responsible for human and animal diseases worldwide. Ticks are the second biggest …

A review of zoonotic babesiosis as an emerging public health threat in Asia

S Hussain, A Hussain, MU Aziz, B Song, J Zeb… - Pathogens, 2021 - mdpi.com
Zoonotic babesiosis poses a serious health risk in many parts of the world. Its emergence in
Asia is thus a cause for significant concern, demanding that appropriate control measures …

Advances in Babesia Vaccine Development: An Overview

M Jerzak, A Gandurski, M Tokaj, W Stachera, M Szuba… - Pathogens, 2023 - mdpi.com
Babesiosis is a tick-borne zoonotic disease, which is caused by various species of
intracellular Babesia parasite. It is a problem not only for the livestock industry but also for …

Babesia microti: Pathogen Genomics, Genetic Variability, Immunodominant Antigens, and Pathogenesis

A Puri, S Bajpai, S Meredith, L Aravind… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
More than 100 Babesia spp. tick-borne parasites are known to infect mammalian and avian
hosts. Babesia belong to Order Piroplasmid ranked in the Phylum Apicomplexa. Recent …

Evidence of protozoan and bacterial infection and co-infection and partial blood feeding in the invasive tick Haemaphysalis longicornis in Pennsylvania

KJ Price, N Khalil, BJ Witmier… - The Journal of …, 2023 - meridian.allenpress.com
ABSTRACT The Asian longhorned tick, Haemaphysalis longicornis, an invasive tick species
in the United States, has been found actively host-seeking while infected with several …

Global metabolomic profiling of host red blood cells infected with Babesia divergens reveals novel antiparasitic target pathways

D Beri, M Singh, M Rodriguez, N Goyal… - Microbiology …, 2023 - Am Soc Microbiol
Babesia divergens is an apicomplexan parasite that infects human red blood cells (RBCs),
initiating cycles of invasion, replication, and egress, resulting in extensive metabolic …

Enhanced phosphatidylserine exposure and erythropoiesis in Babesia microti-infected mice

P Song, YC Cai, MX Chen, SH Chen… - Frontiers in …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Introduction Babesia microti (B. microti) is the dominant species responsible for human
babesiosis, which is associated with severe hemolytic anemia and splenomegaly because it …

Hemophagocytic Lymphohistiocytosis (HLH) in Patients with Tick-Borne Illness: A Sco** Review of 98 Cases

D Jevtic, MD da Silva, AB Haylock… - Infectious Disease …, 2024 - mdpi.com
Hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis (HLH) secondary to tick-borne infections is a rare but
potentially life-threatening syndrome. We performed a sco** review according to PRISMA …

Comparative Outcomes of Babesiosis in Immunocompromised and Non-Immunocompromised Hosts: A Multicenter Cohort Study

L Kakoullis, CD Alonso, R Burns… - Clinical Infectious …, 2025 - academic.oup.com
Background Babesiosis poses significant risks of adverse outcomes in individuals with
immunocompromising conditions (IC) and asplenia/hyposplenia (AH). This study compares …

Drug-Induced Thrombocytopenia Due to Nintedanib during Treatment of Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis

I Dumic, A Charokopos, A Parmar, CR Grant… - Medicina, 2023 - mdpi.com
Nintedanib is a tyrosine kinase inhibitor that was approved for the treatment of patients with
idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis in 2014. The most common side effect of Nintedanib is …