Tick-borne rickettsioses are caused by obligate intracellular bacteria belonging to the
spotted fever group of the genus Rickettsia. These zoonoses are among the oldest known …

Rickettsioses are globally distributed and caused by the family Rickettsiaceae, which
comprise a diverse and expanding list of organisms. These include two genera, Rickettsia …

Over the past three decades, a range of mosquito-borne viruses that threaten public and
veterinary health have emerged or re-emerged in Europe. Mosquito surveillance activities …

Interest in tick-transmitted pathogens has experienced an upsurge in the past few decades.
Routine application of tools for the detection of fragments of foreign DNA in ticks, together …

Ticks are considered the second vector of human and animal diseases after mosquitoes.
Therefore, identification of ticks and associated pathogens is an important step in the …

The rapid and reliable identification of arthropod vector species is an essential component of
the fight against vector-borne diseases. However, owing to the lack of entomological …

Arthropod vectors have historically been identified morphologically, and more recently using
molecular biology methods. However, both of these methods are time-consuming and …

Background The identification of mosquito vectors is typically based on morphological
characteristics using morphological keys of determination, which requires entomological …

Background Matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization-time of flight (MALDI-TOF) mass
spectrometry (MS) has become a widely used technique for the rapid and accurate …

In the present study, a molecular proteomics (MALDI-TOF/MS) approach was used as a tool
for identifying flea vectors. We measured the MS spectra from 38 flea specimens of 5 …