Ticks are commonly infected by Coxiella-like endosymbionts (Coxiella-LE) which are
thought to supply missing B vitamin nutrients required for blood digestion. While this …

A Coxiella-like endosymbiont (Coxiella-LE hereinafter) stably infects and influences
Haemaphysalis longicornis development, indicating a mutualistic relationship of Coxiella-LE …

Ticks are important disease vectors, as they transmit a variety of human and animal
pathogens worldwide. Symbionts that coevolved with ticks confer crucial benefits to their …

ABSTRACT A Coxiella-type microbe occurs at 100% frequency in all Amblyomma
americanum ticks thus far tested. Using laboratory-reared ticks free of other microbes, we …

Maternally transmitted obligatory endosymbionts are found in the female gonads as well as
in somatic tissue and are expected to provide missing metabolite to their hosts. These …

In this study, we focused on the molecular detection of Coxiella-like bacteria using a PCR
technique to identify Coxiella 16S rRNA sequences in Haemaphysalis tick samples (105 …

Ticks are blood-feeding arthropods and can harbor several bacteria, including the
worldwide zoonotic disease Q-fever agent Coxiella burnetii. Recent studies have reported a …

Ticks are obligate ectoparasites as they require to feed on their host blood during some or
all stages of their life cycle. In addition to the pathogens that ticks harbor and transmit to …

Obligatory hematophagous arthropods such as lice, bugs, flies, and ticks harbor bacterial
endosymbionts that are expected to complement missing essential nutrients in their diet …

Members of the genus Coxiella can be transmitted from ticks to humans during contact with
animals; Coxiella may thus spread from the infected horses or ticks to humans. In this study …