The illegal wildlife trade (IWT) is a criminal practice bringing several ecological and public
health consequences, such as the spreading of zoonotic pathogens and/or the introduction …

Reptiles are reservoirs of a wide range of pathogens, including many protozoa, helminths,
pentastomids, and arthropod parasitic species, some of which may be of public health …

Simple Summary Wildlife is trafficked illegally across the globe every day. The illegal wildlife
trade (IWT) creates opportunity for emerging infectious disease (EID) events to occur. EIDs …

North Africa is home to more than 200 million people living across five developing
economies (Egypt, Libya, Tunisia, Algeria, and Morocco) and two Spanish exclaves (Ceuta …

It is known that traded exotic animals carry with them an immense number of associated
symbionts, including parasites. Reptiles are no exception. Most of the imported reptiles …

Tortoises of the genus Testudo are the main hosts of Hyalomma aegyptium ticks. This
species serves as a vector of several zoonotic pathogens. Therefore, the present study …

In captive reptiles, parasites may represent a serious health and management problem for
both the reptiles and their human caretakers (zoonotic parasites). In the present study, the …

H yalomma aegyptium (L innaeus, 1758)(Ixodida: I xodidae) has recently been confirmed as
a carrier of numerous pathogenic, including zoonotic, agents. Four environmentally distinct …

The tortoise tick Hyalomma aegyptium (Linnaeus, 1758) is a three-host tick, predominantly
infesting land tortoises of the genus Testudo. A database was compiled, resulting in 557 H …

Ectoparasites, such as ticks, modulate host population dynamics by impacting demographic
traits. They transmit infectious agents among their hosts, posing a critical threat to animal …