Ticks are hematophagous arachnids transmitting a wide variety of pathogens including
viruses, bacteria, and protozoans to their vertebrate hosts. The tick vector competence has to …

Ticks are prominent parasites and competent vectors of pathogens that affect both humans
and animals. This review outlines and illustrates the main features of the morphology of ticks …

The control of diseases shared with wildlife requires the development of strategies that will
reduce pathogen transmission between wildlife and both domestic animals and human …

Among blood-sucking arthropods, ticks are recognized as being of prime global importance
because of their role as vectors of pathogens affecting human and animal health. Ticks carry …

Ticks and tick-borne diseases are a growing problem affecting human and animal health
worldwide. Traditional control methods, based primarily on chemical acaricides, have …

Anaplasma marginale and Anaplasma phagocytophilum are the most important tick-borne
bacteria of veterinary and public health significance in the family Anaplasmataceae. The …

Human and animal pathogens that are transmitted by arthropods are a global concern,
particularly those vectored by ticks (eg Borrelia burgdorferi and tick-borne encephalitis virus) …

Ticks are blood-sucking arthropods that have developed myriad of strategies to get a blood
meal from the vertebrate host. They first attach to the host skin, select a bite site for a blood …

Tick saliva contains a complex mixture of peptides and non-peptides that counteract their
hosts' hemostasis, immunity, and tissue-repair reactions. Recent transcriptomic studies have …

Ticks are obligate hematophagous ectoparasites that transmit a wide variety of pathogens to
humans and animals. The incidence of tick-borne diseases has increased worldwide in both …