Rickettsiae are obligately intracellular bacteria that are transmitted to vertebrates by a variety
of arthropod vectors, primarily by fleas and ticks. Once transmitted or experimentally …

Rickettsioses are among the oldest known infectious diseases. In spite of this, and of the
extensive research carried out, many aspects of the biology and epidemiology of tick-borne …

Modern methods allow a geometric representation of forms, separating size and shape. In
entomology, as well as in many other fields involving arthropod studies, shape variation has …

Tick-borne diseases represent a large proportion of infectious diseases that have become a
world health concern. The presence of Rickettsia spp. was evaluated by standard PCR and …

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

Guiana, located on the northeastern coast of South America, bats of different species are
very numerous. The infection of bats and their ticks with zoonotic bacteria, especially …

Infectious diseases may be particularly critical for the conservation of endangered species. A
striking example is the recurrent outbreaks that have been occurring in seabirds on …

Parasites are ubiquitous in the environment, and can cause negative effects in their host
species. Importantly, seabirds can be long-lived and cross multiple continents within a single …

Simple Summary Ticks are hematophagous ectoparasites that spread diseases to both
animals and humans through their bites. They are notorious for carrying various disease …

The seabird tick Ixodes uriae White 1852, has the most extensive geographical distribution
of all tick species, including Afrotropical, Australasian, Nearctic, Neotropical and Palearctic …