Recently, the incidence and awareness of tick-borne diseases in humans and animals have
increased due to several factors, which in association favor the chances of contact among …

Abstract Background The study of parasites provides insight into intricate ecological
relationships in ecosystem dynamics, food web structures, and evolution on multiple scales …

Ticks and tick-borne pathogens significantly threaten human and animal health worldwide.
Haemaphysalis longicornis is one of the dominant tick species in East Asia, including China …

A novel Ehrlichia genotype most closely related to E. canis was reported in North American
cattle in 2010, and a similar agent was subsequently identified in the hemolymph of …

Anaplasmataceae agents are obligatory intracellular Gram-negative α-proteobacteria that
are transmitted mostly by arthropod vectors. Although mammals of the Superorder Xenarthra …

Hepatozoon parasites comprise intracellular apicomplexan parasites transmitted to
vertebrate animals by ingestion of arthropods definitive hosts. The present work aimed to …

Public health is a major concern for several developing countries due to infectious agents
transmitted by hematophagous arthropods such as ticks. Health risks due to infectious …

Taking into account the diversity of small terrestrial mammals of the Pantanal, the present
study aimed to verify the occurrence of infection by Ehrlichia spp., Anaplasma spp …

We collected blood and/or ectoparasites from 49 South American grey foxes (Lycalopex
griseus) and two Andean foxes (L. culpaeus) caught in two National Parks of southern …

The aim of this study is to determine if there is circulation of microorganisms of the genus
Ehrlichia in opossums Didelphis albiventris and their ticks from the Humid Chaco in …