Identifying hybridization between common pathogen vectors is essential due to the major
public health implications through risks associated with hybrid's enhanced pathogen …

Due to their vector capacity, ticks are ectoparasites of medical and veterinary significance.
Modern sequencing tools have facilitated tick-associated microbiota studies, but these have …

Limited knowledge regarding the biology and identification of the Australian tick Ixodes
myrmecobii exists with only the female described to date. Here we provide a description of …

It may seem perplexing that there is any uncertainty in Australia about the existence of
zoonotic tick-associated infections 1–3. Outside this country, particularly in the northern …

Ticks are ubiquitous blood feeding ectoparasites of humans and animals and are vectors of
a plethora of pathogens that cause severe infectious diseases in humans and livestock …

Ixodes victoriensis, a species of tick from wombats (Vombatus ursinus) from Victoria,
Australia was described based on two adult female specimens. There has been one …

Correct identification of tick species is an essential requirement for any scientific study
engaged in tick-associated research. However, morphological identification can lead to …

South Africa has a diverse fauna of ixodid tick species, several of which are of medical or
veterinary importance. Elucidation of which host or environmental characteristics determine …

A taxonomic key, based on restriction enzyme analysis of the second internal-transcribed
spacer (ITS-2) in the nuclear ribosomal DNA gene, was developed for identification of 17 …

Abstract Ixodes (Ixodes) mojavensis, n. sp.(Acari: Ixodidae), is described from all parasitic
stages collected from the endangered vole Microtus californicus scirpensis Bailey, 1900 …