Dermacentor reticulatus is a hard tick species with extraordinary biological features. It has a
high reproduction rate, a rapid developmental cycle, and is also able to overcome years of …

Background Domestic cats can be infested by a large range of parasite species. Parasitic
infestations may cause very different clinical signs. Endoparasites and ectoparasites are …

Background The 5'region of cytochrome oxidase I (COI) is the standard marker for DNA
barcoding. However, COI has proved to be of limited use in identifying some species, and for …

Background In order to evaluate the risk of human exposure to tick-borne pathogens in
Belgium, a study on the prevalence of several pathogens was conducted on feeding ticks …

Abstract Public Health England's passive Tick Surveillance Scheme (TSS) records the
distribution, seasonality and host associations of ticks submitted from across the United …

Tick-borne encephalitis (TBE) is a viral disease endemic in Eurasia. The virus is mainly
transmitted to humans via ticks and occasionally via the consumption of unpasteurized milk …

Anaplasma phagocytophilum is a worldwide emerging zoonotic tick-borne pathogen
transmitted by Ixodid ticks and naturally maintained in complex and incompletely assessed …

Abstract Background Autochthonous populations of Dermacentor reticulatus ticks in the
Netherlands were discovered after fatal cases of babesiosis occurred in resident dogs in …

In recent years, tick-borne diseases like ehrlichiosis and anaplasmosis became widespread
worldwide threatening the health of both human and companion animals. Therefore, the aim …

Ticks are known to transmit pathogens which threaten the health and welfare of companion
animals and man globally. In the present study, mainly adult ticks were collected from dogs …