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Apr 16, 2024 · tick, (suborder Ixodida), any of about 825 species of invertebrates in the order Parasitiformes (subclass Acari ). Ticks are important parasites of large wild and domestic animals and are also significant as carriers of serious diseases. Although no species is primarily a human parasite, some occasionally attack humans.
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Apr 26, 2024 · Blacklegged ticks ( Ixodes scapularis) are responsible for transmission of the bacteria that cause Lyme disease – the most common tick-borne disease in temperate North America – as well as several other pathogens of medical and veterinary importance that are acquired during blood feeding. I.
Apr 30, 2024 · Borrelia miyamotoi disease is an emerging tick-borne human illness in the United States caused by Borrelia miyamotoi (Spirochaetales: Spirochaetaceae) bacterium.
Apr 29, 2024 · Background. Ixodes inopinatus was described from Spain on the basis of morphology and partial sequencing of 16S ribosomal DNA. However, several studies suggested that morphological differences between I. inopinatus and Ixodes ricinus are minimal and that 16S rDNA lacks the power to distinguish the two species.
Apr 22, 2024 · We establish a new subgenus, Filippoviella n. subgen. (Acari: Ixodidae) based on two species formerly assigned to the subgenus Exopalpiger Schulze, 1935 in the genus Ixodes Latreille, 1795.
Apr 14, 2024 · Two novel Ehrlichia (Rickettsiales: Anaplasmataceae) strains detected in ticks (Ixodida, Ixodidae) and opossums (Didelphimorphia: Didelphidae) in Argentina.
May 5, 2024 · Earliest records of the Asian longhorned tick (Acari: Ixodidae) in Staten Island, New York, and subsequent population establishment, with a review of its potential medical and veterinary importance in the United States