Update on tick-borne rickettsioses around the world: a geographic approach

P Parola, CD Paddock, C Socolovschi… - Clinical microbiology …, 2013 - Am Soc Microbiol
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 …

Human-biting ticks and zoonotic tick-borne pathogens in North Africa: Diversity, distribution, and trans-Mediterranean public health challenges

AE Abdelbaset, ML Kwak, N Nonaka, R Nakao - One Health, 2023 - Elsevier
North Africa is home to more than 200 million people living across five developing
economies (Egypt, Libya, Tunisia, Algeria, and Morocco) and two Spanish exclaves (Ceuta …

Detection of Bartonella tamiae, Coxiella burnetii and rickettsiae in arthropods and tissues from wild and domestic animals in northeastern Algeria

H Leulmi, A Aouadi, I Bitam, A Bessas, A Benakhla… - Parasites & vectors, 2016 - Springer
Background In recent years, the scope and importance of emergent vector-borne diseases
has increased dramatically. In Algeria, only limited information is currently available …

Tick‐borne pathogens in ticks (Acari: Ixodidae) collected from various domestic and wild hosts in Corsica (France), a Mediterranean island environment

S Grech‐Angelini, F Stachurski… - Transboundary and …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Corsica is a mountainous French island in the north‐west of the Mediterranean Sea
presenting a large diversity of natural environments where many interactions between …

MALDI-TOF MS identification of ticks of domestic and wild animals in Algeria and molecular detection of associated microorganisms

M Boucheikhchoukh, M Laroche, A Aouadi… - … and infectious diseases, 2018 - Elsevier
Recent studies have reported the reliability of MALDI-TOF MS for arthropod identification,
including fresh or alcohol-preserved ticks based on leg-derived mass spectra. The aim of …

High-throughput microfluidic real-time PCR for the detection of multiple microorganisms in Ixodid cattle ticks in northeast Algeria

G Boularias, N Azzag, C Galon, L Šimo, HJ Boulouis… - Pathogens, 2021 - mdpi.com
Ixodid ticks are hematophagous arthropods considered to be prominent ectoparasite vectors
that have a negative impact on cattle, either through direct injury or via the transmission of …

Medical entomology: a reemerging field of research to better understand vector-borne infectious diseases

M Laroche, JM Bérenger, P Delaunay… - Clinical Infectious …, 2017 - academic.oup.com
In the last decade, the Chikungunya and Zika virus outbreaks have turned public attention to
the possibility of the expansion of vector-borne infectious diseases worldwide. Medical …

Rickettsia diversity in southern Africa: A small mammal perspective

S Essbauer, M Hofmann, C Kleinemeier… - Ticks and tick-borne …, 2018 - Elsevier
Worldwide, including Africa, rickettsioses are recognized as emerging or re-emerging
infections. To date, little is known about the diversity of Rickettsia species that are naturally …

Vector-borne rickettsioses in North Africa

T Kernif, C Socolovschi, I Bitam, D Raoult… - Infectious disease clinics …, 2012 - Elsevier
The purpose of this article is to overview vector-borne rickettsioses in North Africa, focusing
on epidemiologic aspects, clinical features, diagnosis procedures, and treatment. The …

Italian peninsula as a hybridization zone of Ixodes inopinatus and I. ricinus and the prevalence of tick-borne pathogens in I. inopinatus, I. ricinus, and their hybrids

O Daněk, A Hrbatovß, K Volfovß, S ŠevčÝkovß… - Parasites & …, 2024 - Springer
Background Ixodes inopinatus was described from Spain on the basis of morphology and
partial sequencing of 16S ribosomal DNA. However, several studies suggested that …