"Ticks" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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Blood-sucking acarid parasites of the order Ixodida comprising two families: the softbacked ticks (ARGASIDAE) and hardbacked ticks (IXODIDAE). Ticks are larger than their relatives, the MITES. They penetrate the skin of their host by means of highly specialized, hooked mouth parts and feed on its blood. Ticks attack all groups of terrestrial vertebrates. In humans they are responsible for many TICK-BORNE DISEASES, including the transmission of ROCKY MOUNTAIN SPOTTED FEVER; TULAREMIA; BABESIOSIS; AFRICAN SWINE FEVER; and RELAPSING FEVER. (From Barnes, Invertebrate Zoology, 5th ed, pp543-44)
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D013987
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| MeSH Number(s) |
B01.050.500.131.166.132.832
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| 2002 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 2006 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2008 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2022 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Ticks" by people in Profiles.
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Aural hematoma in lambs associated with Otobius megnini (Ixodida: Argasidae) infestation. Vet Parasitol Reg Stud Reports. 2024 Jan; 47:100944.
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Development of a Simple Trap That Captures Ticks (Acari) on Their Dorsal Surface. J Med Entomol. 2022 05 11; 59(3):969-975.
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Molecular Ecological Insights into Neotropical Bird-Tick Interactions. PLoS One. 2016; 11(5):e0155989.
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Cyclic di-GMP modulates gene expression in Lyme disease spirochetes at the tick-mammal interface to promote spirochete survival during the blood meal and tick-to-mammal transmission. Infect Immun. 2015 Aug; 83(8):3043-60.
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Borrelia burgdorferi complement regulator-acquiring surface protein 2 does not contribute to complement resistance or host infectivity. PLoS One. 2008 Aug 20; 3(8):3010e.
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Mating success of two geographically distinct populations of Gulf Coast ticks, Amblyomma maculatum Koch. Vet Parasitol. 2006 Aug 31; 140(1-2):143-7.
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Complement inhibitor factor H binding to Lyme disease spirochetes is mediated by inducible expression of multiple plasmid-encoded outer surface protein E paralogs. J Immunol. 2002 Oct 01; 169(7):3847-53.
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Changes in temporal and spatial patterns of outer surface lipoprotein expression generate population heterogeneity and antigenic diversity in the Lyme disease spirochete, Borrelia burgdorferi. Infect Immun. 2002 Jul; 70(7):3468-78.
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Clonal polymorphism of Borrelia burgdorferi strain B31 MI: implications for mutagenesis in an infectious strain background. Infect Immun. 2002 Apr; 70(4):2139-50.