The symbiotic continuum within ticks: Opportunities for disease control

S Hussain, N Perveen, A Hussain, B Song… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Among blood-sucking arthropods, ticks are recognized as being of prime global importance
because of their role as vectors of pathogens affecting human and animal health. Ticks carry …

Serological evidence of Q fever among dairy cattle and buffalo populations in the Campania region, Italy

G Ferrara, B Colitti, U Pagnini, D D'Angelo, G Iovane… - Pathogens, 2022 - mdpi.com
Due to its economic impact on livestock and its zoonotic effect, Q fever is a public and animal
health problem. Information on this infection in Italy is presently supported by reports of …

Profiles of microbial community and antibiotic resistome in wild tick species

N Wei, J Lu, Y Dong, S Li - Msystems, 2022 - Am Soc Microbiol
Infections caused by antibiotic-resistant pathogens pose high risks to human and animal
health worldwide. In recent years, the environment and wildlife as major sources and …

First serological record of Coxiella burnetii infection in the equine population of Slovakia

M Drážovská, M Prokeš, B Vojtek, J Mojžišová… - Biologia, 2022 - Springer
Coxiella burnetii is a worldwide zoonotic pathogen causing Q fever in various animal
species and humans. In Slovakia, cases of C. burnetii infection in both animals and humans …