The bacterium Anaplasma phagocytophilum has for decades been known to cause the
disease tick-borne fever (TBF) in domestic ruminants in Ixodes ricinus-infested areas in …

Ticks are currently considered to be second only to mosquitoes as vectors of human
infectious diseases in the world. Each tick species has preferred environmental conditions …

Ticks transmit more pathogens to humans and animals than any other arthropod. We
describe the 2.1 Gbp nuclear genome of the tick, Ixodes scapularis (Say), which vectors …

Practical Handbook of Microbiology, 4th edition provides basic, clear and concise
knowledge and practical information about working with microorganisms. Useful to anyone …

Anaplasma phagocytophilum is the recently designated name replacing three species of
granulocytic bacteria, Ehrlichia phagocytophila, Ehrlichia equi and the agent of human …

The tick-borne intracellular pathogen Anaplasma marginale (Rickettsiales:
Anaplasmataceae) develops persistent infections in cattle and tick hosts. While erythrocytes …

Anaplasma phagocytophilum persists in nature by cycling between mammals and ticks.
Human infection by the bite of an infected tick leads to a potentially fatal emerging disease …

Between 1984 and 2004, nine more species or subspecies of spotted fever rickettsiae were
identified as emerging agents of tick-borne rickettsioses throughout the world. Six of these …

Anaplasma phagocytophilum is a zoonotic obligate intracellular bacterium known to be
transmitted by ticks belonging to the Ixodes persulcatus complex. This bacterium can infect …

Anaplasma spp. and Ehrlichia spp. cause several emerging human infectious diseases.
Anaplasma phagocytophilum and Ehrlichia chaffeensis are transmitted between mammals …