Seasonal Dynamics, Record of Ticks Infesting Humans, Wild and Domestic Animals and Molecular Phylogeny of Rhipicephalus microplus in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa …

A Ali, MA Khan, H Zahid, PM Yaseen… - Frontiers in …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Although ticks prevalent in various agro-systems of Pakistan are associated with economic
losses, information is still missing about the tick's diversity, hosts they infest, seasonal …

Exploring the prevalence and diversity of bovine ticks in five agro-ecological zones of Pakistan using phenetic and genetic tools

A Ghafar, RB Gasser, I Rashid, A Ghafoor… - Ticks and tick-borne …, 2020 - Elsevier
Tick infestation is a leading cause of tick-worry and tick-borne diseases in livestock and
associated economic losses in tropical and subtropical regions of the world. The cattle and …

Prevalence and identification of tick species (Ixodidae) on domestic animals in district Multan, Punjab Pakistan

M Ramzan, U Naeem-Ullah, S Saba… - … Journal of Acarology, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
Ticks are blood-sucking ecto-parasites and transmit pathogens to humans, wild and
domesticated animals. Ticks also serve as a vector of many zoonotic diseases such as …

Distribution and abundance of ticks infesting livestock population along Karakorum highway from Mansehra to Gilgit, Pakistan

MS Sajid, Z Iqbal, A Shamim… - Journal of the …, 2017 - ejournals.epublishing.ekt.gr
Ticks and tick-borne infections pose major economic threats to the livestock industry
throughout the world. The present study reports the point prevalence of ticks in the free …

Epidemiology of tick‐borne pathogens in the semi‐arid and the arid agro‐ecological zones of Punjab province, Pakistan

A Rehman, FJ Conraths, C Sauter‐Louis… - Transboundary and …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Tick‐borne diseases (TBD s) have a large impact on animal health and the livelihood of
livestock owners, particularly in developing countries. Although climatic and ecological …

Morphological and phylogenetic analyses of Rhipicephalus microplus ticks from Bangladesh, Pakistan and Myanmar

BC Roy, A Estrada-Peña, J Krücken, A Rehman… - Ticks and tick-borne …, 2018 - Elsevier
Ticks of the Boophilus subgenus, classified in the genus Rhipicephalus, are widespread in
subtropical and tropical regions, but knowledge on their distribution in Asia is fragmentary …

Distribution of ticks infesting ruminants and risk factors associated with high tick prevalence in livestock farms in the semi-arid and arid agro-ecological zones of …

A Rehman, AM Nijhof, C Sauter-Louis, B Schauer… - Parasites & vectors, 2017 - Springer
Background Tick infestation is the major problem for animal health that causes substantial
economic losses, particularly in tropical and subtropical countries. To better understand the …

Molecular characterisation of the tick Rhipicephalus microplus in Malaysia: new insights into the cryptic diversity and distinct genetic assemblages throughout the …

VL Low, ST Tay, KL Kho, FX Koh, TK Tan, YAL Lim… - Parasites & vectors, 2015 - Springer
Abstract Background The morphotaxonomy of Rhipicephalus microplus complex has been
challenged in the last few years and prompted many biologists to adopt a DNA-based …

Spatio-Temporal Patterns of Ticks and Molecular Survey of Anaplasma marginale, with Notes on Their Phylogeny

S Alam, M Khan, A Alouffi, MM Almutairi, S Ullah… - Microorganisms, 2022 - mdpi.com
Hard ticks (Ixodida: Ixodidae) are medically important ectoparasites that feed on all classes
of terrestrial vertebrates. Recently, we molecularly characterized hard ticks and associated …

Genetic diversity, piroplasms and trypanosomes in Rhipicephalus microplus and Hyalomma anatolicum collected from cattle in northern Pakistan

J Zeb, S Szekeres, N Takács, J Kontschán… - … and Applied Acarology, 2019 - Springer
The two most important tick species in Pakistan are Rhipicephalus microplus and Hyalomma
anatolicum. When associated with cattle, these have one or three host life cycles …