INTRODUCTION Little information is currently available regarding the presence of Anaplasma species in North African dromedaries. To fill this gap in knowledge, the prevalence, risk factors, and genetic diversity of Anaplasma species were investigated in Tunisian dromedary camels. METHODOLOGY A total of 226 camels from three different bioclimatic areas were sampled and tested for the presence ...

A Babesia sp. was recently observed in Hyalomma marginatum rufipes and found to be transmissible to bovines. Further observations were carried out on this parasite and a study made of the morphology of stages in both erythrocytes and tick haemolymph. Apart from Babesia divergens, intra-erythrocytic parasites were not readily distinguishable from bovine Babesia spp. Merozoites in tick haemolymph...

A total number of 450 blood samples were collected from 45 different randomly selected cattle herds. Light microscopic examination of blood smears revealed Babesia spp. infection in 4.2%, while 8.9% of blood samples were positive using PCR. Upon multiplex-PCR (mPCR), B. bigemina and B. bovis infections were detected in 37/40 (92.5%) and 3/40 (7.5%) samples, respective...

This study aimed to detect Hepatozoon spp. in ticks infesting asymptomatic domestic animals and provide insight into their potential spillover from wild animals. In total, 537 tick specimens were collected Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan, morphologically identified. The most prevalent species was Haemaphysalis cornupunctata (69; 12.8%), followed by kashmirensis (62; 11.5%), Rhipicephalus microplus...

medically and veterinary importance of ticks of the genus of hyalomma through transmission of related diseases is very obvious. the identification and taxonomy of species of this genus always have been controversial. sometimes accuracy of morphological diagnosis of two closely related species hyalomma anatolicum and hyalomma asiaticum which are reported in fauna of iran, is very difficult. the ...

BACKGROUND Crimean-Congo Haemorrhagic Fever (CCHF) is a zoonotic viral disease transmitted by ixodid tick bites, mainly of Hyalomma spp., or through contact with blood/tissues from infected people or animals. CCHF is endemic in the Balkan area, including Bulgaria, where it causes both sporadic cases and community outbreaks. METHODS We described trends of CCHF in Bulgaria between 1997 and 2009...

Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever virus (CCHFV) is transmitted to humans by bite of infected ticks or by direct contact with blood or tissues of viremic patients or animals. It causes to humans a severe disease with fatality up to 30%. The current knowledge about the vector-host-CCHFV interactions is very limited due to the high-level containment required for CCHFV studies. Among ticks, Hyalomma ...

in the last decades researchers had focused on developing a vaccine against tick based on protective antigen. recombinant vaccines based on concealed antigen from boophilus microplus have been developed in australia and cuba by the name of tickgard and gavac (de la fuente and kocan, 2006). further studies on this antigen have shown some extent of protection against other species (de vos et al.,...

ticks are vectors of some important arthropod-borne diseases in both fields of veterinary and medicine, such as lyme, tularemia, rocky mountain spotted fever, and some types of encephalitis as well as crimean congo hemorrhagic fever (cchf). iran is known as one of the main foci of cchf in west of asia. this study was conducted in darrehshahr county because of the development of animal husbandry...