A diverse array of ixodid and argasid ticks infest dogs and cats in North America, resulting in
skin lesions, blood loss, and disease. The ticks most commonly found on pets in this region …

Ticks are obligatory hematophagous arthropods that harbor and transmit infectious
pathogens to humans and animals. Tick species belonging to Amblyomma, Ixodes …

Haemaphysalis longicornis (Neumann, 1901)(Acari: Ixodidae), the Asian longhorned tick, is
an invasive tick species present in the USA since at least 2017 and has been detected in …

Bourbon virus (BRBV) was first isolated in 2014 from a resident of Bourbon County, Kansas,
USA, who died of the infection. In 2015, an ill Payne County, Oklahoma, resident tested …

Soybean thrips (Neohydatothrips variabilis) are one of the most efficient vectors of soybean
vein necrosis virus, which can cause severe necrotic symptoms in sensitive soybean plants …

We employed a direct metagenomic approach via next-generation sequencing for a cross-
sectional investigation of viruses in 10 tick pools, collected from Aegean, Mediterranean and …

Abstract Bourbon virus (Family Orthomyxoviridae: Genus Thogotovirus) was first isolated
from a human case-patient residing in Bourbon County, Kansas, who subsequently died …

Ticks and tickborne diseases have been recognized as threats to the health of humans and
domestic animals for more than a century in the United States. However, as outlined in the …

Following the recent discovery of Bourbon virus (BRBV) as a human pathogen, and the
isolation of the virus from Amblyomma americanum (L.) collected near the location of a fatal …

Advances in laboratory and information technologies are transforming public health
microbiology. High-throughput genome sequencing and bioinformatics are enhancing our …