Unfed nymphal and adult Ixodes ricinus ticks were collected from five locations within the
10,000-ha Killarney National Park, Ireland. The distribution and prevalence of the …

Using multilocus sequence analysis (MLSA), we investigated the phylogenetic relationship
of spirochaete strains from North America previously assigned to the genospecies Borrelia …

Borrelia hermsii is a non-Lyme borreliosis pathogen that is responsible for causing tick-
borne relapsing fever in humans and animals in the western United States. B. hermsii has …

Ticks transmit the highest variety of pathogens impacting human and animal health
worldwide. It is now well established that ticks also harbour a microbial complex of …

In many areas of Africa, recent studies highlighted the great impact of ticks on animal and
human health throughout the continent. On the other hand, very limited information on the …

Hard ticks (Acari: Ixodidae) are known to harbour intracellular bacteria from several
phylogenetic groups that can develop both mutualistic and pathogenic relationships to the …

Ticks play an important role in the transmission of arthropod-borne diseases of viral,
protozoal and bacterial origin. The present article describes a molecular–biological based …

Background and Aims: Outbreaks of severe and chronic tick-borne diseases (TBDs) are on
the rise. This is through the transmission of infectious disease agents to humans during tick …

Background Ticks and tick-borne diseases constitute a real threat for the livestock industry,
which is increasing in Angola. In addition, ticks are vectors of zoonoses of public health …

Ticks pose significant threats to hosts by transmitting Borrelia spp., which are grouped into
Lyme borreliae, relapsing fever borreliae (RF), and reptiles-and monotremes-associated …