Ticks are leading vectors of economically important pathogens that affect small ruminants
due to favourable climatic conditions across different regions of the African continent. They …

In Africa, ticks continue to be a major hindrance to the improvement of the livestock industry
due to tick-borne pathogens that include Anaplasma, Ehrlichia, Rickettsia and Coxiella …

Background Lumpy skin disease (LSD), a disease of cattle and buffaloes, has recently
become widely prevalent in Egypt. The aim of this study was to ascertain the potential role of …

Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever (CCHF) is a zoonotic arboviral disease that poses a
great threat to global health in the Old World, and it is endemic in Europe, Asia, and Africa …

Ticks and tick-borne diseases (TBDs) have a major economic impact on animal production
worldwide. In the present study, 2410 ticks were collected from January to August 2017 from …

Ticks transmit many pathogens with public health and veterinary importance. Despite the
wide distribution of tick-borne pathogens in Sudan, the information on the tick–pathogen …

Coxiella burnetii is the causative agent of Q fever. It can infect animals, humans, and birds,
as well as ticks, and it has a worldwide geographical distribution. To better understand the …

Ticks are obligate blood-sucking parasites of wild animals and transmit many zoonotic
microorganisms that can spread to domesticated animals and then to humans. In Cameroon …

Background Hyalomma marginatum and H. rufipes are two-host tick species, which are
mainly distributed in southern Europe, Africa to central Asia but may also be found in Central …

Tick-borne Rickettsia spp. have long been known as causative agents for zoonotic diseases.
We have previously characterized Rickettsia spp. in different ticks infesting a broad range of …