Background Emerging and re-emerging spotted fever group (SFG) rickettsioses are
increasingly recognised worldwide as threats to public health, yet their global distribution …

Haematophagous arthropods, including mosquitoes, ticks, flies, triatomine bugs and lice
(here referred to as vectors), are involved in the transmission of various pathogens to …

Rickettsia species causing human illness are present globally and can cause significant
disease. Diagnosis and identification of this intracellular bacteria are challenging with many …

Ticks are hematophagous ectoparasites capable of transmitting multiple human pathogens.
Environmental changes have supported the expansion of ticks into new geographical areas …

Rickettsiae include diverse Gram-negative microbial species that exhibit obligatory
intracellular lifecycles between mammalian hosts and arthropod vectors. Human infections …

Ticks are the second most important vector capable of transmitting diseases affecting the
health of both humans and animals. Amblyomma testudinarium Koch 1844 (Acari: Ixodidae) …

Simple Summary Ticks are blood-feeding ectoparasites that transmit life-threatening
pathogens to humans and animals. Only 10% of all identified tick species have been …

Objective The burden of imported rickettsial infection in the UK is not previously described.
This retrospective review identifies rickettsial cases diagnosed at the national reference …

Vector-borne pathogens (VBPs) of canines are a diverse range of infectious agents,
including viruses, bacteria, protozoa and multicellular parasites, that are pernicious and …

The order Rickettsiales includes species that cause a range of human diseases such as
human granulocytic anaplasmosis (Anaplasma phagocytophilum), human monocytic …