A cross-sectional screening by next-generation sequencing reveals Rickettsia, Coxiella, Francisella, Borrelia, Babesia, Theileria and Hemolivia species in ticks from Anatolia

Comparison of closely related, uncultivated Coxiella tick endosymbiont population genomes reveals clues about the mechanisms of symbiosis

(2018) Despina Tsementzi et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Recent insights into the tick microbiome gained through next-generation sequencing

(2018) Telleasha L. Greay et al.   Parasites & Vectors

Diversity of Coxiella -like and Francisella -like endosymbionts, and Rickettsia spp., Coxiella burnetii as pathogens in the tick populations of Slovakia, Central Europe

(2018) Eva Špitalská et al.   Ticks and Tick-Borne Diseases

A metagenomic survey identifies Tamdy orthonairovirus as well as divergent phlebo-, rhabdo-, chu- and flavi-like viruses in Anatolia, Turkey

(2018) Annika Brinkmann et al.   Ticks and Tick-Borne Diseases

Bacterial and protozoal pathogens found in ticks collected from humans in Corum province of Turkey

(2018) Djursun Karasartova et al.   PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

The spleen microbiota of small wild mammals reveals distinct patterns with tick-borne bacteria

(2018) Yan Ge et al.   PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

A Molecular Survey of Rickettsias in Shelter Dogs and Distribution of Rhipicephalus sanguineus (Acari: Ixodidae) sensu lato in Southeast Turkey

(2017) Sezayi Ozubek et al.   JOURNAL OF MEDICAL ENTOMOLOGY

Emerging borreliae – Expanding beyond Lyme borreliosis

(2017) Sally J. Cutler et al.   MOLECULAR AND CELLULAR PROBES

Evolutionary changes in symbiont community structure in ticks

(2017) Olivier Duron et al.   MOLECULAR ECOLOGY

Molecular evidence of a new Babesia sp. in goats

(2017) Sezayi Ozubek et al.   VETERINARY PARASITOLOGY

Development and preliminary evaluation of a multiplexed amplification and next generation sequencing method for viral hemorrhagic fever diagnostics

(2017) Annika Brinkmann et al.   PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

The Tick Microbiome: Why Non-pathogenic Microorganisms Matter in Tick Biology and Pathogen Transmission

(2017) Sarah I. Bonnet et al.   Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology

Origin and Evolution of Rickettsial Plasmids

(2016) Khalid El Karkouri et al.   PLoS One

Detection and Genotyping of Coxiella burnetii and Coxiella-Like Bacteria in Horses in South Korea

(2016) Min-Goo Seo et al.   PLoS One

Molecular detection of spotted fever group rickettsiae in ticks removed from humans in Turkey

(2016) Adem Keskin et al.   Ticks and Tick-Borne Diseases

MEGAN Community Edition - Interactive Exploration and Analysis of Large-Scale Microbiome Sequencing Data

(2016) Daniel H. Huson et al.   PLoS Computational Biology

Tick-Borne Diseases in Turkey: A Review Based on One Health Perspective

(2016) Abdullah Inci et al.   PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

A case of severe babesiosis treated successfully with exchange transfusion

(2015) Esra Tanyel et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES

Tick-borne Rickettsiales: Molecular tools for the study of an emergent group of pathogens

(2015) Eliana C. Guillemi et al.   JOURNAL OF MICROBIOLOGICAL METHODS

The Recent Evolution of a Maternally-Inherited Endosymbiont of Ticks Led to the Emergence of the Q Fever Pathogen, Coxiella burnetii

(2015) Olivier Duron et al.   PLoS Pathogens

Climate change, biodiversity, ticks and tick-borne diseases: The butterfly effect

(2015) Filipe Dantas-Torres   International Journal for Parasitology-Parasites and Wildlife

Transstadial Transmission of Borrelia turcica in Hyalomma aegyptium Ticks

(2015) Zsuzsa Kalmár et al.   PLoS One

Trimmomatic: a flexible trimmer for Illumina sequence data

(2014) Anthony M. Bolger et al.   BIOINFORMATICS

Extensive diversity of Rickettsiales bacteria in two species of ticks from China and the evolution of the Rickettsiales

(2014) Yan-Jun Kang et al.   BMC EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY

Library preparation methods for next-generation sequencing: Tone down the bias

(2014) Erwin L. van Dijk et al.   EXPERIMENTAL CELL RESEARCH

Genotyping, evolution and epidemiological findings of Rickettsia species

(2014) Vicky Merhej et al.   INFECTION GENETICS AND EVOLUTION

Tick-borne infections of animals and humans: a common ground

(2014) Gad Baneth   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL FOR PARASITOLOGY

CDD: NCBI's conserved domain database

(2014) Aron Marchler-Bauer et al.   NUCLEIC ACIDS RESEARCH

Molecular identification of Theileria and Babesia in ticks collected from sheep and goats in the Black Sea region of Turkey

(2014) Mehmet Fatih Aydin et al.   PARASITOLOGY RESEARCH

Identification of Tick-Borne Pathogens in Ticks Feeding on Humans in Turkey

(2014) Ömer Orkun et al.   PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

RNA-seq differential expression studies: more sequence or more replication?

(2013) Yuwen Liu et al.   BIOINFORMATICS

Hard ticks and their bacterial endosymbionts (or would be pathogens)

(2013) Arunee Ahantarig et al.   FOLIA MICROBIOLOGICA

MEGA6: Molecular Evolutionary Genetics Analysis Version 6.0

(2013) Koichiro Tamura et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND EVOLUTION

Spotted fever group rickettsiae in ticks in Turkey

(2013) Ömer Orkun et al.   Ticks and Tick-Borne Diseases

A review of the ticks (Acari: Ixodida) of Turkey: species diversity, hosts and geographical distribution

(2012) Ahmet Bursali et al.   EXPERIMENTAL AND APPLIED ACAROLOGY

Drivers, dynamics, and control of emerging vector-borne zoonotic diseases

(2012) A Marm Kilpatrick et al.   LANCET

Ticks and tick-borne diseases: a One Health perspective

(2012) Filipe Dantas-Torres et al.   TRENDS IN PARASITOLOGY

UCHIME improves sensitivity and speed of chimera detection

(2011) Robert C. Edgar et al.   BIOINFORMATICS

Characterization of reptile-associated Borrelia sp. in the vector tick, Amblyomma geoemydae, and its association with Lyme disease and relapsing fever Borrelia spp.

(2011) Ai Takano et al.   Environmental Microbiology Reports

Isolation and characterization of a novelBorreliagroup of tick-borne borreliae from imported reptiles and their associated ticks

(2009) Ai Takano et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

The genusHyalommaKoch, 1844: v. re-evaluation of the taxonomic rank of taxa comprising theH. (Euhyalomma) marginatumkoch complex of species (Acari: Ixodidae) with redescription of all parasitic stages and notes on biology

(2009) Dmitry A. Apanaskevich et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ACAROLOGY

Rickettsia hoogstraalii sp. nov., isolated from hard- and soft-bodied ticks

(2009) D. Duh et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SYSTEMATIC AND EVOLUTIONARY MICROBIOLOGY

Conjugation genes are common throughout the genus Rickettsia and are transmitted horizontally

(2009) L. A. Weinert et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Coxiella-Like Infection in Psittacines and a Toucan

(2008) H. L. Shivaprasad et al.   AVIAN DISEASES

Overview: Ticks as vectors of pathogens that cause disease in humans and animals

(2008) Jose de la Fuente   Frontiers in Bioscience-Landmark

Velvet: Algorithms for de novo short read assembly using de Bruijn graphs

(2008) D. R. Zerbino et al.   GENOME RESEARCH

Fatal Coxiellosis in Swainson's Blue Mountain Rainbow Lorikeets (Trichoglossus haematodus moluccanus)

(2008) A. M. Woc-Colburn et al.   VETERINARY PATHOLOGY

Detection of Babesia ovis by PCR in Rhipicephalus bursa collected from naturally infested sheep and goats

(2007) K. Altay et al.   RESEARCH IN VETERINARY SCIENCE