Endemic, exotic and novel apicomplexan parasites detected during a national study of ticks from companion animals in Australia

TL Greay, A Zahedi, AS Krige, JM Owens, RL Rees… - Parasites & …, 2018 - Springer
Background Apicomplexan tick-borne pathogens that cause disease in companion animals
include species of Babesia Starcovici, 1893, Cytauxzoon Neitz & Thomas, 1948 …

First report on detection of Hepatozoon ayorgbor in Rhipicephalus haemaphysaloides and Hepatozoon colubri in Haemaphysalis sulcata and Hyalomma anatolicum: risks of …

H Tila, M Khan, MM Almutairi, A Alouffi… - Frontiers in Veterinary …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
This study aimed to detect Hepatozoon spp. in ticks infesting asymptomatic domestic
animals and to provide insight into their potential spillover from wild to domestic animals. In …

Metatranscriptomic profiling reveals diverse tick‐borne bacteria, protozoans and viruses in ticks and wildlife from Australia

AW Gofton, KR Blasdell, C Taylor… - Transboundary and …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Tick‐borne zoonoses are emerging globally due to changes in climate and land use. While
the zoonotic threats associated with ticks are well studied elsewhere, in Australia, the …

A survey of ticks (Acari: Ixodidae) of companion animals in Australia

TL Greay, CL Oskam, AW Gofton, RL Rees, UM Ryan… - Parasites & vectors, 2016 - Springer
Background Ticks are among the most important vectors of pathogens affecting companion
animals, and also cause health problems such as tick paralysis, anaemia, dermatitis, and …

A review of parasites in the Tasmanian devil (Sarcophilus harrisii)

LF Wait, S Peck, S Fox, ML Power - Biodiversity and Conservation, 2017 - Springer
Threatened by devil facial tumour disease, the Tasmanian devil (Sarcophilus harrisii), a
carnivorous marsupial confined to Tasmania, Australia, is the subject of conservation …

[HTML][HTML] Systematic revision of the adeleid haemogregarines, with creation of Bartazoon ng, reassignment of Hepatozoon argantis Garnham, 1954 to Hemolivia, and …

G Karadjian, JM Chavatte, I Landau - Parasite, 2015 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Life cycles and molecular data for terrestrial haemogregarines are reviewed in this article.
Collection material was re-examined: Hepatozoon argantis Garnham, 1954 in Argas brumpti …

Hepatozoon and Theileria species detected in ticks collected from mammals and snakes in Thailand

C Sumrandee, V Baimai, W Trinachartvanit… - Ticks and tick-borne …, 2015 - Elsevier
We report the detection of Hepatozoon and Theileria in 103 ticks from mammals and snakes
in Thailand. By using a genus-specific 18S rRNA PCR, Hepatozoon and Theileria spp. were …

The role of cats in the eco-epidemiology of spotted fever group diseases

F Segura, I Pons, J Miret, J Pla, A Ortuño… - Parasites & vectors, 2014 - Springer
Abstract Background Mediterranean Spotted Fever (MSF), whose etiological agent is R.
conorii, is one of the oldest described vector-borne infectious diseases. Although it is …

Infection with a Hepatozoon sp. closely related to Hepatozoon felis in a wild Pampas gray fox (Lycalopex–Pseudalopex–gymnocercus) co-infected with canine …

F Giannitti, SS Diab, FA Uzal, K Fresneda, D Rossi… - Veterinary …, 2012 - Elsevier
A species of Hepatozoon closely related to Hepatozoon felis found in the skeletal and
cardiac muscle of a wild Pampas gray fox (Lycalopex gymnocercus) is described. The fox …

Morphological identification of ticks and molecular detection of tick-borne pathogens from bare-nosed wombats (Vombatus ursinus)

D Beard, HJ Stannard, JM Old - Parasites & vectors, 2021 - Springer
Background Ticks are obligate haematophagous ectoparasites of vertebrate hosts and
transmit the widest range of pathogenic organisms of any arthropod vector. Seven tick …