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TRENDS IN PARASITOLOGY
Volume 31, Issue 7, Pages 315-323Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.pt.2015.03.010
Keywords
tick endosymbionts; tick microbiome
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- National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID)/National Institutes of Health (NIH)
- Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI)
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Ticks are obligate blood-feeders and serve as vectors of human and livestock pathogens worldwide. Defining the tick microbiome and deciphering the interactions between the tick and its symbiotic bacteria in the context of tick development and pathogen transmission will likely reveal new insights and spawn new paradigms to control tick-borne diseases. Descriptive observations on the tick microbiome that began almost a century ago serve as forerunners to the gathering momentum to define the tick microbiome in greater detail. This review will focus on the current efforts to address the microbiomes of diverse ticks, and the evolving understanding of tick microbiomes. There is hope that these efforts will bring a holistic understanding of pathogen transmission by ticks.
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