Ticks and tick-borne diseases affect animal and human health worldwide and are the cause
of significant economic losses. Approximately 10% of the currently known 867 tick species …

Tick borne relapsing fever (TBRF) is a zoonosis caused by various Borrelia species
transmitted to humans by both soft-bodied and (more recently recognized) hard-bodied ticks …

The saliva of haematophagous arthropods contains an array of anti-haemostatic, anti-
inflammatory and immunomodulatory molecules that contribute to the success of the blood …

The term relapsing fever was first coined after an outbreak of relapsing febrile illness in
Edinburgh, United Kingdom. Although Otto Obermeier revealed the infectious etiology of …

Relapsing fever Borrelia infections have attracted little attention in recent years; however,
where endemic, these infections still result in considerable illness and death. Despite the …

Argasid ticks of the Ornithodoros erraticus complex are associated with traditional pig‐
farming practices on the Iberian Peninsula and are also found elsewhere in North Africa …

Despite increasing reports of tick-borne diseases in Africa, remarkably, reports of tick-borne
relapsing fever (TBRF) in Nigeria are lacking. Ornithodoros savignyi from Nigeria have been …

Argasid ticks collected in the site near Mvumi Hospital, Dodoma, Tanzania, were subjected
to flagellin gene-based nested polymerase chain reaction (PCR) amplification for …

Tick-borne relapsing fever caused by the spirochaete Borrelia duttonii is a common cause of
serious illness in central Tanzania. Screening of Ornithodoros sp ticks from infested houses …

Tick‐borne relapsing fever (TBRF) caused by the bacteria Borrelia, is poorly documented in
veterinary medicine. Given the widespread presence of the soft tick vectors–Ornithodoros …