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Canine Spotted Fever Group Rickettsial Seroprevalence as an Indicator for Human Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever Case Rates in Arizona, USA

Zoonoses and Public Health, Volume 72, Issue 8, Page 697-705, December 2025.
ABSTRACT Introduction Rocky Mountain spotted fever (RMSF), a rapidly progressing febrile disease caused by the bacterium Rickettsia rickettsii, is the deadliest tick‐borne disease in the world. Human infection initially results in non‐specific symptoms and, if untreated, can result in death in up to 35% of cases.
Alec Oliva, Rachael Kreisler, Andrea Romkema, Soren Madsen, Haley Furman, Christopher Maag, Charles Schaefer, Jose A. Hernandez, Jung Keun Lee, Michael Quinlan, John VandenBrooks   +10 more
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Tick infestation, and udder and teat damage in selected cattle herds of Matabeleland South, Zimbabwe

Onderstepoort Journal of Veterinary Research, 2009
A cross-sectional survey was conducted to determine tick infestation, and udder and teat damage in 286 lactating cows and heifers at six properties in the smallholder and commercial sectors in Gwanda district of Matabeleland South Province, Zimbabwe ...
D.N. Ndhlovu, P.V. Makaya, B.L. Penzhorn
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Composition and Seasonal Variation of Rhipicephalus turanicus and Rhipicephalus sanguineus Bacterial Communities [PDF]

Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 2012
ABSTRACT A 16S rRNA gene approach, including 454 pyrosequencing and quantitative PCR (qPCR), was used to describe the bacterial community in Rhipicephalus turanicus and to evaluate the dynamics of key bacterial tenants of adult ticks during the active questing season. The bacterial community structure of
Itai, Lalzar, Shimon, Harrus, Kosta Y, Mumcuoglu, Yuval, Gottlieb   +3 more
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Prevalence, Species Diversity, and Risk Factors of Tick Infestation in Cattle From District Peshawar, Pakistan

Veterinary Medicine and Science, Volume 11, Issue 6, November 2025.
This study documents the prevalence and risk factors of cattle tick infestation in District Peshawar using morphological and molecular identification. Ecological diversity indices reveal moderate tick diversity, while risk factor analysis highlights breed, age, and sex as significant predictors of infestation.
Murad Ali Khan, Zohaib Ali, Abdur Rehman, Raheela Murad, Shabana Naz, Rifat Ullah Khan, Solomon Tesfay, Marco Ragni, Ibrahim A. Alhidary   +8 more
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Contribution à l'étude de la répartition des tiques en Ethiopie (enquête effectuée de 1965 à 1969)

Revue d’Elevage et de Médecine Vétérinaire des Pays Tropicaux, 1974
Les auteurs ont étudié la répartition des tiques en Ethiopie où 40 espèces ont été inventoriées; Rhipicephalus pulchellus, Amblyomma variegatum, Amblyomma cohaerens et Rhipicephalus simus simus sont numériquement les plus importantes.
P. Bergeon, J. Balis
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Advances in Animal Disease Surveillance and Information Systems and Their Role in Disease Control and Prevention: Implications in Ethiopia

Veterinary Medicine and Science, Volume 11, Issue 6, November 2025.
• The current advances in animal disease surveillance and information systems include mobile applications, geospatial technologies, advanced diagnostics, social media platforms and digital surveillance systems. • The application of advanced technologies to disease surveillance and information systems enhances early disease detection and warning ...
Aweke Engdawork, Haileleul Negussie
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Unveiling Tick Diversity in Cattle in Cameroon: Emergence of Rhipicephalus microplus, Replacing the Original Rhipicephalus spp.

Veterinary Sciences
Ticks are well-known vectors of pathogens, posing considerable risks to livestock health and productivity. In Cameroon, where livestock production is vital, established tick species such as Amblyomma variegatum and Hyalomma truncatum are prevalent in key
Muhammad Umair Aziz, Jehan Zeb, Michel Lontsi-Demano, Angel Almendros, José de la Fuente, Olivier Andre Sparagano, Patrick Butaye   +6 more
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Ticks (Acari: Ixodidae) collected from animals in three western, semi-arid nature reserves in South Africa : research communication

Onderstepoort Journal of Veterinary Research, 2007
The objective of this study was to make an inventory of the ixodid tick species infesting wild animals in three western, semi-arid nature reserves in South Africa.
H. Golezardy, I.G. Horak
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Multispacer sequence typing of Coxiella burnetii from milk and hard tick samples from ruminant farms in Lebanon

Veterinaria Italiana, 2020
his study was carried out to detect and characterize Coxiella burnetii in ruminant milk samples and in different tick species from seropositive farms in four Lebanese regions. Milk and tick samples were screened for C.
Mayssaa Fawaz Dabaja, Grazia Greco, Valeria Blanda, Maria Tempesta, Ali Bayan, Alessandra Torina, Gesualdo Vesco, Rosalia D'Agostino, Rossella Lelli, Mohamad Ezzedine, Hussein Mortada, Didier Raoult, Pierre Edouard Fournier, Mohamad Mortada   +13 more
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Analysis and Professional Designing of COBRA (Computationally Optimized Broadly Reactive Antigen) Vaccine for Bm86 midgut Protein of R. microplus and R. annulatus Ticks

مجله انفورماتیک سلامت و زیست پزشکی, 2019
Introduction: The cattle tick Rhipicephalus spp. causes significant economic losses due to diseases in animals and human. Bm86 is a midgut protein and vaccine candidate, which its sequences among the isolates of Ripsephalus spp are geographically ...
Gholamreza Karimi, Mohammad Mehdi Ranjbar, Naebali Ahmadi, Sajjad Yazdansetad   +3 more
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