Background The 5'region of cytochrome oxidase I (COI) is the standard marker for DNA
barcoding. However, COI has proved to be of limited use in identifying some species, and for …

To control the spread of tick-borne diseases, there is an urgent need to develop a reliable
technique that can distinguish different species of ticks. DNA barcoding has been proved to …

The two internal transcribed spacers (ITS1 and ITS2) of rDNA of three members of the
Ixodes ricinus" complex"(Acari: Ixodidae) were sequenced. Sequence variation was …

Ticks are blood-sucking ectoparasites of great medical and veterinary significance that can
transmit bacteria, protozoa, fungi and viruses, and cause a variety of human and animal …

Ticks play an important role in human and veterinary medicine, in particular due to their
ability to transmit a wide spectrum of pathogenic micro-organisms of protozoal, rickettsial …

Molecular detection of pathogenic microorganisms in ticks is based on DNA amplification of
the target pathogen; therefore, extraction of DNA from the tick is a major step. In this study …

Ticks and mites (subphylum Chelicerata; subclass Acari) include important pests of animals
and plants worldwide. The Ixodes scapularis (black-legged tick) genome sequencing project …

Matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization time-of-flight mass spectrometry (MALDI-TOF MS)
technology has recently been reported as a promising method for arthropods identification …

The suborder Ixodida includes many tick species of medical and veterinary importance, but
little is known about the genomic characteristics of these ticks. We report the first study to …

Phylogenetic relationships among tick subfamilies have been estimated using
morphological and molecular characters. However, the phylogeny based on a portion of the …