Simple Summary The Middle East and North Africa represent a hyper arid region of the
world. Humans in these regions have historically kept domestic livestock usually under …

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

Transovarial transmission (TOT) is an efficient vertical transmission of pathogens that is
observed in many arthropod vectors. This method seems to be an evolutionarily unique …

Rhipicephalus sanguineus sensu lato and Rhipicephalus turanicus are very prevalent in
Israel and are known to be vectors of human and animal diseases. The aim of this study was …

Background Across the world, ticks act as vectors of human and animal pathogens. Ticks
rely on bacterial endosymbionts, which often share close and complex evolutionary links …

Livestock and their ectoparasites are involved in the epidemiology of several zoonotic
diseases. Studies regarding the molecular detection of infectious agents in ticks from …

To obtain a better understanding of the current magnitude of tick-borne rickettsioses in
Corsica, we used molecular methods to characterize the occurrence of Rickettsia spp. in …

Rickettsia and Coxiella burnetii are zoonotic, tick-borne pathogens that can cause febrile
illnesses with or without other symptoms in humans, but may cause subclinical infections in …

Ticks are obligate hematophagous ectoparasites as well as mechanical and biological
vectors of a wide variety of microbial pathogens. To date, 19 tick-borne diseases have been …

Rickettsia species are an important cause of emerging infectious diseases in people and
animals, and rickettsiosis is one of the oldest known vector-borne diseases. Laboratory …