Hunters are at a higher risk for exposure to zoonotic pathogens due to their close
interactions with wildlife and arthropod vectors. In this study, high throughput sequencing …

Abstract Imported from Great Britain, the current Australian population of red foxes was
predominantly founded by three separate deliberate releases for naturalisation around …

The southern cattle tick (Rhipicephalus (Boophilus) microplus) is a hematophagous external
parasite that vectors the causative agents of bovine babesiosis or cattle tick fever, Babesia …

Background This study aims to capture how ticks of the genus Ixodes gained their hosts
using network constructs. We propose two alternative hypotheses, namely, an ecological …

Background Members of the order Chlamydiales are known for their potential as human and
veterinary bacterial pathogens. Despite this recognition, epidemiological factors such as …

A new species of Ixodes is described from two male specimens that have a distinctive
ventrolateral horn-like projection on palpal article 1. This structure is not found in any other …

Ixodes holocyclus, the eastern paralysis tick, is a significant parasite in Australia in terms of
animal and human health. However, very little is known about its virome. In this study, next …

Next-generation sequencing (NGS) studies show that mosquito and tick microbiomes
influence the transmission of pathogens, opening new avenues for vector-borne pathogen …

The first fossil potentially assignable to the extant hard tick genus Haemaphysalis CL Koch
(1844)(Ixodida: Ixodidae) is described from the Late Cretaceous (ca. 99 Ma) Burmese amber …

In some parts of the world, ticks are the most dangerous animals followed by mosquitoes as
ectoparasites and vectors of infectious agents, causing morbidity and mortality in domestic …