African swine fever (ASF), classical swine fever (CSF) and foot‐and‐mouth disease (FMD)
are considered to be three of the most detrimental animal diseases and are currently foreign …

Pathogen transmission from wildlife hosts to genetically distinct species is a major driver of
disease emergence. African swine fever virus (ASFV) persists in sub-Saharan Africa through …

The systematics of the genera and subgenera within the soft tick family Argasidae is not
adequately resolved. Different classification schemes, reflecting diverse schools of scientific …

More than 25% of human infectious diseases are vector-borne diseases (VBDs). These
diseases, caused by pathogens shared between animals and humans, are a growing threat …

The study of tick evolution may be classified into disciplines such as taxonomy and
systematics, biogeography, evolution and development (evo-devo), ecology, and …

Rhipicephalus turanicus ticks are widely distributed across the Palearctic and Afrotropics.
These two continental populations display differences in morphological characters that raise …

Since ancient times, philosophers and taxonomists have tried to classify forms of life. This is
what taxonomy is about: the science of identifying, naming, classifying, and describing …

Four fossil ticks (Arachnida: Parasitiformes: Ixodida) are described from mid-Cretaceous (ca.
100 Ma) Burmese amber of Myanmar. Ixodes antiquorum sp. nov.(Ixodidae) is the first …

Abstract Background Soft ticks (Ixodida: Argasidae) are medically important ectoparasites
that mainly feed on birds and mammals, which play a key role in their geographic …

African swine fever (ASF) is a lethal hemorrhagic disease in domestic pigs and wild suids
caused by African swine fever virus (ASFV), which threatens the swine industry globally. In …