Among blood-sucking arthropods, ticks are recognized as being of prime global importance
because of their role as vectors of pathogens affecting human and animal health. Ticks carry …

The recent development of high‐throughput NGS technologies,(ie, next‐generation
sequencing) has highlighted the complexity of tick microbial communities—which include …

Ticks are among the most important vectors of pathogens affecting humans and other
animals worldwide. They do not only carry pathogens however, as a diverse group of …

Ticks are obligate blood-feeders and serve as vectors of human and livestock pathogens
worldwide. Defining the tick microbiome and deciphering the interactions between the tick …

Ticks are blood-feeding arthropods and transmit a variety of medically important viral,
bacterial, protozoan pathogens to animals and humans. Ticks also harbor a diverse …

The symbiotic microorganisms of arthropod vectors are highly significant from several points
of view, partly due to their possible roles in the transmission of pathogenic causative agents …

Ticks collected from goats in northern Greece were tested for the presence of tick-borne
bacteria. Among adult ticks, 37 (57.8%) were Rhipicephalus bursa, 11 (17.2%) Dermacentor …

Ecological specialization to restricted diet niches is driven by obligate, and often maternally
inherited, symbionts in many arthropod lineages. These heritable symbionts typically form …

Rickettsiae are widely known to be human bacterial pathogens transmitted by blood-sucking
ectoparasites, such as ticks, fleas, and lice. However, most rickettsial species are …

Ticks and the pathogens they transmit constitute a growing burden for human and animal
health worldwide. Vector competence is a component of vectorial capacity and depends on …