Zoonoses present a major public health threat and are estimated to account for a substantial
part of the infectious disease burden in low-income countries. The severity of zoonotic …

Background Although vector-borne zoonotic diseases are a major public health threat
globally, they are usually neglected, especially among resource-constrained countries …

With the advent of cheaper, high-throughput sequencing technologies, the ability to survey
biodiversity in previously unexplored niches and geographies has expanded massively …

Canine vector-borne diseases (CVBDs) pose a major health problem in dogs globally, with
the potential to cause zoonoses, in particular in developing countries where scientific …

DNA samples from 74 patients with non-malarial acute febrile illness (AFI), 282 rodents, 100
cattle, 56 dogs and 160 Rhipicephalus sanguineus ticks were screened for the presence of …

Abstract Ticks (Ixodidae and Argasidae) are important arthropod vectors of various
pathogens that cause human and animal infectious diseases. Many previously published …

Abstract Introduction Tick-borne pathogens (TBPs) constitute an emerging threat to public
and animal health especially in the African continent, where land-use change, and wildlife …

Anaplasma capra is an emerging zoonotic tick-borne pathogen with a broad host range,
including many mammals. Dogs have close physical interactions with humans and regular …

Anaplasma species, belonging to the family Anaplasmataceae in the order Rickettsiales, are
obligate intracellular bacteria responsible for various tick-borne diseases of veterinary and …

Organisms in the genus Anaplasma are obligate intracellular alphaproteobacteria. Bovine
anaplasmosis, predominantly caused by Anaplasma marginale, is the most prevalent tick …