Coxiella burnetii is a zoonotic bacterium with an obligatory intracellular lifestyle and has a
worldwide distribution. Coxiella burnetii is the causative agent of Q fever in humans and …

Zoonotic pathogens and parasites that are transmitted from vertebrates to humans are a
major public health risk with high associated global economic costs. The spread of these …

Recently, the incidence and awareness of tick-borne diseases in humans and animals have
increased due to several factors, which in association favor the chances of contact among …

Piroplasmids are tick-borne protozoan parasites that infect blood cells (erythrocytes,
lymphocytes or other leukocytes) or endothelial cells of numerous wild and domestic …

The occurrence of tick-borne pathogens (TBPs) of human and veterinary interest was
studied in questing and feeding ticks collected from wild animals in a region in North …

Rickettsioses are among the oldest known infectious diseases. In spite of this, and of the
extensive research carried out, many aspects of the biology and epidemiology of tick-borne …

Wild vertebrates are involved in the transmission cycles of numerous pathogens.
Additionally, they can affect the abundance of arthropod vectors. Urbanization, landscape …

The aetiology and epidemiology of vector borne apicomplexan Babesia and Hepatozoon
and kinetoplastid Leishmania infantum infections in wildlife have not been explored in wide …

Tick‐borne pathogens (TBPs) constitute an emerging public health concern favoured by
multidimensional global changes. Amongst these, increase and spread of wild boar (Sus …

In Europe, free-ranging wildlife has been linked to the emergence of several vector-borne
diseases such as rodents for Borrelia burgdorferi sl In particular, wild carnivorans are one of …