Rocky Mountain spotted fever, a tick-borne zoonosis caused by Rickettsia rickettsii, is
among the most lethal of all infectious diseases in the Americas. In Mexico, the disease was …

The genus Rickettsia encompasses 35 valid species of intracellular, coccobacilli bacteria
that can infect several eukaryotic taxa, causing multiple emerging and re-emerging diseases …

The hard tick family Ixodidae currently comprises 729 species worldwide, but information on
the species that feed on humans is scattered and often difficult to access. We have …

Rickettsia amblyommatis is a potentially pathogenic species of Rickettsia within the spotted
fever group vectored by ticks. While many studies have been published on this species …

Ticks are one of the main economic threats to the cattle industry worldwide affecting
productivity, health and welfare. The need for alternative methods to control tick populations …

Ticks are obligate haematophagous ectoparasites that are associated with a wide range of
vertebrate hosts, among them also reptiles and amphibians. They have dynamic ecological …

Amblyomma mixtum is a Neotropical generalist tick of medical and veterinary importance
which is widely distributed from United States of America to Ecuador. The aim of this study …

Little is known about tick-borne rickettsial pathogens in Belize, Central America. We tested
ixodid ticks for the presence of Rickettsia species in three of the six northern and western …

The identification of pathogenic rickettsial agents has expanded over the last two decades.
In North America, the majority of human cases are caused by tick-borne rickettsioses but …

The present study analyzes the diversity of bacteria of the genus Rickettsia in ticks collected
from wild mammals and vegetation at the Chamela Biological Station (EBCh), Jalisco …