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Current Status and Challenges Associated with Tick-Borne Pathogens and Diseases: 2nd Edition

A special issue of Pathogens (ISSN 2076-0817). This special issue belongs to the section "Ticks".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 December 2024) | Viewed by 1293

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Dr. Pavle Banović

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Faculty of Medicine, University of Novi Sad, Novi Sad, Serbia
Interests: tick-borne disease diagnostics; pathogen isolation; pathogen detection; vaccines; assay development
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Dr. Islay Rodríguez

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National Reference Laboratory of Treponemes and Special Pathogens, Tropical Medicine Institute “Pedro Kourí”, Havana, Cuba
Interests: tick-borne pathogens detection and characterization; laboratory diagnosis of treponematosis and characterization of their agents
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Dear Colleagues,

Amongst the arthropod vectors, ticks are capable of transmitting the largest variety of pathogens to domestic and wild animals, being second only to mosquitoes in humans. Together with climate and demographic changes, the world is facing an increasing distribution of tick species in non-endemic areas. Currently, there are multiple reports of emerging tick-borne pathogens and related diseases that were previously neglected, undetected, or misdiagnosed. As a result, it is necessary to advance toward a One Health approach to research, through the unification of various fields of expertise. This Special Issue aims to discuss the current status and anticipated challenges regarding tick-borne pathogens, such as protozoans and bacterial and viral pathogens, and the diseases they cause in humans and animals.

Dr. Pavle Banović
Dr. Islay Rodríguez
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Keywords

  • tick-borne pathogens
  • emerging vector-borne pathogens
  • life cycle of tick-borne pathogens
  • challenges in vector-borne pathogen detection
  • tick-borne diseases
  • challenges in clinical diagnosis of tick-borne diseases
  • challenges in laboratory diagnosis of tick-borne diseases
  • treatments of tick-borne diseases
  • global distribution of tick-borne diseases

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A Retrospective Epidemiological Analysis of Microscopically Detected Babesiosis in Dogs of Southern Poland (2018–2022)
by Olga Pawełczyk, Paulina Iwase, Bartosz Wierzba, Milena Kretschmer, Robert Wojtyczka and Krzysztof Solarz
Pathogens 2024, 13(12), 1104; https://doi.org/10.3390/pathogens13121104 - 13 Dec 2024
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Babesia canis is the parasite responsible for a life-threatening disease for dogs in Central Europe, of which the main vector is the ornate dog tick—Dermacentor reticulatus. The objective of the presented study was to assess the prevalence of Babesia infection in [...] Read more.
Babesia canis is the parasite responsible for a life-threatening disease for dogs in Central Europe, of which the main vector is the ornate dog tick—Dermacentor reticulatus. The objective of the presented study was to assess the prevalence of Babesia infection in dogs with clinical suspicion of babesiosis, which tested positive for B. canis from locations where there is no or very limited information about dog exposure to this pathogen. In order to confirm the presence of this protozoan, blood samples were collected from dogs treated in veterinary clinics with suspicion of canine babesiosis. The samples were sent for microscopic analysis to Vetlab, a commercial veterinary diagnostic laboratory, to confirm the diagnosis. Overall, 3032 dog blood samples from Southern Poland were examined between 1 August 2018 and 31 December 2022 at the Vetlab laboratory. A total of 282 (9.3%) samples were found to be Babesia-positive using Wright–Giemsa stain peripheral blood smears, with an increase in two periods per year—April and October. Among the five voivodships, from which the laboratory analyzed blood samples, the highest number of Babesia-positive samples came from Częstochowa (Silesia) and its surroundings. Moreover, Babesia protozoans occurred more frequently in blood smears of pure-breed rather than mixed-breed dogs. The obtained results showed that infections with large Babesia in dogs from Southern Poland (with a special indication for the Śląskie Voivodship) should be taken into consideration during the differential diagnosis of tick-borne diseases at veterinary clinics. The presented study increases the vigilance and awareness of veterinarians and dog owners in this region, where babesiosis was very rarely diagnosed until date. Full article
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