In Africa, ticks continue to be a major hindrance to the improvement of the livestock industry
due to tick-borne pathogens that include Anaplasma, Ehrlichia, Rickettsia and Coxiella …

Ticks are a significant group of arthropod vectors that transmit a large variety of pathogens
responsible for human and animal diseases worldwide. Ticks are the second biggest …

Ticks are important disease vectors that can cause considerable economic losses by
affecting animal health and productivity, especially in tropical and subtropical regions. In this …

Babesiosis, theileriosis, anaplasmosis, and heartwater are tick-borne diseases that threaten
livestock production in sub-Saharan Africa including Burkina Faso and Benin. For over a …

Abstract In West Africa, cross-border transhumance, also called seasonal migration, is
known to be a very important animal production strategy, as it involves about 70 to 90% of …

Background The absence of robust evidence of safety of medicines in pregnancy,
particularly those for major diseases provided by public health programmes in developing …

The disease, Heartwater, caused by the Anaplasmataceae E. ruminantium, represents a
major problem for tropical livestock and wild ruminants. Up to now, no effective vaccine has …

Orientia tsutsugamushi, the causative agent of scrub typhus in South East Asia and Pacific,
is an obligate intracellular bacterium closely related to the Rickettsia. The pathogen is …

Abstract Background The rickettsial bacterium Ehrlichia ruminantium is the causative agent
of heartwater in ruminants. A better understanding of the population genetics of its different …

Orientia tsutsugamushi is the causative agent of scrub typhus, a major cause of febrile
illness in rural area of Asia–Pacific region. A multi-locus sequence typing (MLST) analysis …