Ticks are the major vectors of most disease-causing agents to humans, companion animals
and wildlife. Moreover, ticks transmit a greater variety of pathogenic agents than any other …

Tick-borne rickettsioses are caused by obligate intracellular bacteria belonging to the
spotted fever group of the genus Rickettsia. These zoonoses are among the oldest known …

This book includes descriptive keys for identifying every stage of all the species of ticks
reported in Europe and northern Africa. It includes descriptive texts on the ecology and …

Las garrapatas tienen una gran atención científica sobre todo por su papel como vectores
de numerosos agentes patógenos. La mayoría de las investigaciones en el mundo se …

The hard tick family Ixodidae currently comprises over 700 species worldwide, but
information on types, developmental stages, distribution and hosts is scattered and often …

This work is intended as a consensus list of valid tick names, following recent revisionary
studies, wherein we recognize 896 species of ticks in 3 families. The Nuttalliellidae is …

The book Australian Ticks by FHS Roberts (1970) is a land-mark in Australian tick biology.
But it is time for a new and improved book on the ticks of Australia. The present book has …

The family Ixodidae, whose members are commonly known as hard ticks, currently
comprises 137 Neotropical species, most of which are endemic to this region. Here we …

Rhipicephalus sanguineus, commonly known as the brown dog tick, is a three-host tick that
feeds primarily on dogs and occasionally on other hosts, including humans. R. sanguineus …

Ticks are important ectoparasites of domestic and wild animals, and tick infestations
economically impact cattle production worldwide. Control of cattle tick infestations has been …