Since the reclassification of the genus Bartonella in 1993, the number of species has grown
from 1 to 45 currently designated members. Likewise, the association of different Bartonella …

Background Species of the genus Bartonella are facultative intracellular
alphaproteobacteria with zoonotic potential. Bartonella infections in humans range from mild …

Bartonella spp. bacteria can be found around the globe and are the causative agents of
multiple human diseases. The most well-known infection is called cat-scratch disease, which …

Growing evidence demonstrates that bacterial species diversity is substantial, and many of
these species are pathogenic in some contexts or hosts. At the same time, laboratories and …

Abstract Hippoboscid flies (Diptera: Hippoboscidae), commonly known as keds or louse
flies, have been for long time overlooked by the scientific community, and their vector role of …

Ticks pose a serious threat to public health as carriers and often vectors of zoonotic
pathogens. There are few systematic studies on the prevalence and genetic diversity of tick …

The genus Bartonella includes a group of species that are associated with a wide range of
mammalian species, including human. It is challenging to detect all Bartonella species using …

Abstract Background Hippoboscid flies (Diptera: Hippoboscidae), also known as louse flies
or keds, are obligate blood-sucking ectoparasites of animals, and accidentally of humans …

Abstract Deer keds (Diptera: Hippoboscidae: Lipoptena Nitzsch, 1818 and Neolipoptena
Bequaert, 1942) are parasitic flies that primarily attack cervids and occasionally bite …

To confirm that Bartonella and Wolbachia were carried by sheep keds (Melophagus ovinus)
in southern Xinjiang of China, 17 M. ovinus samples, which were collected in Aksu …