Tick-borne diseases (TBDs) are recognized as a serious and growing public health
epidemic in Europe, and are a cause of major losses in livestock production worldwide. This …

The present study investigated the presence of endo-and ecto-parasites, and vector-borne
pathogens, in dogs from four islands of Greece. A total of 200 (123 owned and 77 sheltered) …

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 …

Human granulocytic anaplasmosis (HGA) is a tick-borne disease caused by Anaplasma
phagocytophilum that has the potential to spread in new geographical areas. The first fatal …

Ticks are vectors for a variety of human and animal pathogens (bacteria, protozoa and
viruses). In order to investigate the pathogens carried by ticks in Greece, a total of 179 adult …

The occurrence of co-infected hosts and questing ticks with more than one tick-borne
pathogen—as in the case of Anaplasma phagocytophilum and Borrelia burgdorferi sensu …

The objective of this study was to apply and preliminarily evaluate a High-Resolution Melting
(HRM) analysis technique coupled with qPCR, that allows the simultaneous detection of 10 …

The purpose of this study was to investigate the tick prevalence and to identify the species of
ticks that parasitise the small ruminant flocks in the prefectures of Achaia (in the geographic …

Ixodes ricinus ticks are vectors of a plethora of pathogens. The purpose of this study was to
screen 398 I. ricinus ticks for a variety of pathogens. Following the pooling, homogenization …

Anaplasma phagocytophilum, transmitted by Ixodes ticks, is an intracellular pathogen of
zoonotic interest. Regarding animals of veterinary importance, infection by this agent has …