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Tick-wildlife host-pathogen network interactions in Northern Africa. [PDF]
PLoS ONETicks are hosts and vectors of zoonotic pathogens, posing a critical threat to public health and the conservation of animal host populations, especially in Northern Africa.
Marta Rafael +8 more
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Hyalomma aegyptium on Spur-thighed Tortoise (Testudo graeca) in Urmia Region West Azerbaijan, Iran [PDF]
Iranian Journal of Parasitology, 2007 Background: Ticks are obligate blood feeders that parasitize a wide variety of animals. Hyalomma aegyptium, parasitize tortoises and other small wild life and livestock.
M Tavassoli +2 more
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Ticks and Tick-Borne DiseasesTicks are important vectors of various microorganisms, including bacteria. In this study, we examined Hyalomma aegyptium ticks collected from 240 spur-thighed tortoises Testudo graeca at 42 localities in the Mediterranean and Middle East and analysed ...
Matej Kautman +9 more
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Prevalence of hard ticks (acari: ixodidae) in spur-thighed tortoise (testudo graeca ibera) population of konya [PDF]
Eurasian Journal of Veterinary SciencesAim:This study was carried out to determine the prevalence of ixodid tick species which play a role in the transmission of many diseases in humans and animals in spur-thighed tortoises.
Uğur Uslu +3 more
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Hepatozoon kisrae n. sp. infecting the lizard Agama stellio is transmitted by the tick Hyalomma cf. aegyptium [PDF]
Parasite, 2002 Hepatozoon kisrae n. sp. was found infecting a starred lizard at a site in southeastern Samaria, Palestine. These lizards were also hosts to the ixodid tick Hyolomma cf. aegyptium, which was demonstrated to be the vector of this hemogregarine. Hepatozoon
Paperna I. +2 more
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Q fever transmission mediated by ticks. [PDF]
Emerg Microbes InfectTejerina F +10 more
europepmc +3 more sources
Medical and Veterinary Entomology, Volume 37, Issue 1, Page 152-163, March 2023., 2023 The risk of tick‐borne disease is linked to the distribution, seasonal activity and host associations of vector species, all of which can be informed by surveillance and citizen science The Tick Surveillance Scheme (established since 2005) in the United Kingdom monitors distribution changes in Ixodes ricinus and other native or imported vector species ...
Kayleigh M. Hansford +7 more
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Transboundary and Emerging Diseases, Volume 69, Issue 4, Page e992-e1004, July 2022., 2022 Abstract A survey study was carried out to identify tick species parasitizing wild lagomorphs in Mediterranean ecosystems in southern Spain and to determine the occurrence of Rickettsia species present in these ticks in this region. A total of 1304 European wild rabbits (Oryctolagus cuniculus) and 58 Iberian hares (Lepus granatensis) were individually ...
Susana Remesar +7 more
wiley +1 more source
Uptake and fecal excretion of Coxiella burnetii by Ixodes ricinus and Dermacentor marginatus ticks [PDF]
, 2020 Background: The bacterium Coxiella burnetii is the etiological agent of Q fever and is mainly transmitted via inhalation of infectious aerosols. DNA of C.
Henning, Klaus +7 more
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Presence of antibodies to Crimean Congo haemorrhagic fever virus in sheep in Tunisia, North Africa
Veterinary Medicine and Science, Volume 7, Issue 6, Page 2323-2329, November 2021., 2021 This is the first report of Crimean Congo haemorrhagic fever virus seroprevalence in sheep in Tunisia. Despite the low seroprevalence, there is evidence of CCHFV introduction in Tunisia, may be through migratory birds carrying infected ticks from Europe.
Médiha Khamassi Khbou +11 more
wiley +1 more source