Tick vaccine research in Australia has demonstrated leadership worldwide through the
development of the first anti-tick vaccine in the 1990s. Australia's Commonwealth Scientific …

There are 17 human-biting ticks known in Australia. The bites of Ixodes holocyclus,
Ornithodoros capensis, and Ornithodoros gurneyi can cause paralysis, inflammation, and …

The hard tick family Ixodidae currently comprises 762 species worldwide, but an analysis of
the occurrence of these species in the worlds countries, territories, zoogeographic regions …

References to the descriptions and redescriptions of the 742 species of Ixodidae published
from 1758 to December 31, 2019 are compiled, with the goal of enabling tick taxonomists to …

The hard tick family Ixodidae currently comprises 729 species worldwide, but information on
the species that feed on humans is scattered and often difficult to access. We have …

The systematics of the genera and subgenera within the soft tick family Argasidae is not
adequately resolved. Different classification schemes, reflecting diverse schools of scientific …

The brown dog tick (Rhipicephalus sanguineus) parasitises dogs. Over the past decade, two
distinct lineages have been recognised–R. sanguineus sensu lato “temperate lineage” and …

We re-describe the adult stages of Rhipicephalus linnaei (Audouin, 1826), and characterise
its diagnostic molecular traits. A male R. linnaei collected in Esna City, Luxor Governorate …

Abstract Background The Australian paralysis tick (Ixodes holocyclus) is of significant
medical and veterinary importance as a cause of dermatological and neurological disease …

The evolution and phylogenetic relationships of the ticks at both the family and genus levels
are contested. The genus Amblyomma and its subgenera are in a state of flux; moreover, the …