The Rickettsiales are a group of obligate intracellular vector-borne Gram-negative bacteria
that include many organisms of clinical and agricultural importance, including Anaplasma …

Bovine anaplasmosis is a tick-borne bacterial disease with a worldwide distribution and the
cause of severe economic losses in the livestock industry in many countries, including …

Vector-borne diseases constitute 17% of all infectious diseases in the world; among the
blood-feeding arthropods, ticks transmit the highest number of pathogens. Understanding …

Outer membrane protein A (OmpA) is a critical virulence factor in Acinetobacter baumannii,
influencing adhesion, biofilm formation, host immune response, and host cell apoptosis. We …

Tick-borne illnesses pose a serious concern to human and veterinary health and their
prevalence is on the rise. The interactions between ticks and the pathogens they carry are …

Anaplasma phagocytophilum transmembrane and surface proteins play a role during
infection and multiplication in host neutrophils and tick vector cells. Recently, A …

Anaplasma marginale is an intracellular rickettsial bacterium causing anaplasmosis in
ruminants. A. marginale is transmitted biologically by ticks and mechanically by blood …

Ehrlichia chaffeensis is an obligate intracellular bacterium that invades monocytes to cause
the emerging and potentially severe disease, monocytic ehrlichiosis. Ehrlichial invasion of …

The emergence of Anaplasma bovis or A. bovis-like infection in humans from China and the
United States of America has raised concern about the public health importance of this …

Some viruses within the Caliciviridae family initiate their replication cycle by attachment to
cell surface carbohydrate moieties, histo-blood group antigens (HBGAs), and/or terminal …