Ticks are the most important vectors of human pathogens, leading to increased public health
burdens worldwide. Tick-borne pathogens include viruses (eg tick-borne encephalitis and …

Relapsing fever still remains a neglected disease and little is known on its reservoir, tick
vector and physiopathology in the vertebrate host. The disease occurs in temperate as well …

The systematics of the genera and subgenera within the soft tick family Argasidae is not
adequately resolved. Different classification schemes, reflecting diverse schools of scientific …

Rodents are known to be reservoir hosts for at least 60 zoonotic diseases and are known to
play an important role in their transmission and spread in different ways. We sampled …

African swine fever (ASF) is believed to have evolved in eastern and southern Africa in a
sylvatic cycle between common warthogs (Phacochoerus africanus) and argasid ticks of the …

Vector Borne Diseases (VBDs) are considered emerging and re-emerging diseases that
represent a global burden. The aim of this study was to explore and characterize vector …

African swine fever is a serious viral disease of domestic pigs and Eurasian wild boars that
poses a major threat to pig production. For more than thirty years after its discovery in East …

Lyme borreliosis (or Lyme disease) has become a virtual household term to the exclusion of
other forgotten, emerging or re-emerging borreliae. We review current knowledge regarding …

The human impact on natural habitats is increasing the complexity of human-wildlife
interactions and leading to the emergence of infectious diseases worldwide. Highly …

Since ancient times, philosophers and taxonomists have tried to classify forms of life. This is
what taxonomy is about: the science of identifying, naming, classifying, and describing …