The bacterium Anaplasma phagocytophilum has for decades been known to cause the
disease tick-borne fever (TBF) in domestic ruminants in Ixodes ricinus-infested areas in …

Abstract The genus Anaplasma (family Anaplasmataceae, order Rickettsiales) includes
obligate intracellular alphaproteobacteria that multiply within membrane-bound vacuoles …

Ticks transmit a variety of pathogens affecting both human and animal health. In temperate
and cold regions of Europe (Western, Central, Eastern, and Northern Europe), the most …

Background Tick-borne haemoparasitic diseases (TBHDs), caused by Theileria, Babesia,
Anaplasma and Ehrlichia, are common in regions of the world where the distributions of …

The Anaplasma species are important globally distributed tick-transmitted bacteria of
veterinary and public health importance. These pathogens, cause anaplasmosis in domestic …

Background: Tick-borne diseases are widely distributed among animal populations and are
responsible for significant economic losses. However, little attention has been offered for …

Eighty Ixodes ricinus ticks collected in the Rovinka forest in Slovakia were tested by real-
time and routine single-step PCR for the presence of different pathogenic and …

Background Raising abundance of ticks and tick-borne diseases in Europe is the result of
multiple factors including climate changes and human activities. Herein, we investigated the …

In Slovakia, 22 tick species have been found to occur to date. Among them, Ixodes ricinus,
Dermacentor reticulatus, D. marginatus and marginally Haemaphysalis concinna, H. inermis …

Rodents are important reservoir hosts of tick-borne pathogens. Anaplasma phagocytophilum
is the causative agent of granulocytic anaplasmosis of both medical and veterinary …