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 …

Rickettsia amblyommatis is a potentially pathogenic species of Rickettsia within the spotted
fever group vectored by ticks. While many studies have been published on this species …

Background Ticks are among the most important vectors of pathogens affecting companion
animals, and also cause health problems such as tick paralysis, anaemia, dermatitis, and …

Rickettsioses present a threat to human health worldwide, but relatively little is known on
their epidemiology and ecology in Oceania. These bacteria are the cause of potentially fatal …

The rickettsial diseases of Australia are described in their chronological order of discovery.
The include epidemic typhus (R. prowazekii); murine typhus (R. typhi) found Australia‐wide; …

Advances in sequencing technologies have revealed the complex and diverse microbial
communities present in ticks (Ixodida). As obligate blood-feeding arthropods, ticks are …

Background Ticks are obligate haematophagous ectoparasites of vertebrate hosts and
transmit the widest range of pathogenic organisms of any arthropod vector. Seven tick …

A group of 14 persons who live in an area of Australia endemic for the Australian paralysis
tick, Ixodes holocyclus, and who were involved in regularly collecting and handling these …

Tick-borne infectious diseases caused by obligate intracellular bacteria of the genus
Rickettsia are a growing global problem to human and animal health. Surveillance of these …

Tasmanian devils are the largest extant marsupial carnivores, confined to the Australian
island state of Tasmania. The iconic marsupial has dramatically declined in number since …