Dermacentor reticulatus is a hard tick species with extraordinary biological features. It has a
high reproduction rate, a rapid developmental cycle, and is also able to overcome years of …

Tabanids are nuisance pests for people and livestock because of their painful and irritating
bite, persistent biting behavior, and blood ingestion. About 4400 tabanid species have been …

Abstract Background The Australian paralysis tick (Ixodes holocyclus) is of significant
medical and veterinary importance as a cause of dermatological and neurological disease …

The role of Ixodes ricinus ticks in the transmission of pathogens of public health importance
such as Borrelia burgdorferi sl is widely recognized and is suspected in several emerging …

Anaplasma marginale is an obligate intraerythrocytic bacterium of bovines, responsible for
large economic losses worldwide. It is mainly transmitted by Rhipicephalus (Boophilus) …

The importance of Dermacentor spp. in the transmission of tick-borne pathogens is not well
recognized in Europe. To investigate the role of Dermacentor spp. in the transmission of tick …

In the English edition of his landmark book Endosymbiosis of Animals with Plant
Microorganisms (1965), Professor Paul Buchner, probably the most prominent founder of …

Midichloria mitochondrii is an intracellular bacterium found in the hard tick Ixodes ricinus. In
this arthropod, M. mitochondrii is observed in the oocytes and in other cells of the ovary …

Background Despite their close association with human dwellings, the role of synanthropic
rodents in the epidemiology of vector-borne infections is seldom studied. The aim of the …

Abstract Background Species of the Tabanidae are potent vectors of human and animal
diseases, but they have not been thoroughly investigated to date. In Senegal (West Africa) …