Dermacentor reticulatus carries tick-borne encephalitis virus in parts of central and eastern Europe, and is also a principal vector of Babesia caballi and Theileria equi - the two protozoa that cause equine piroplasmosis. The same tick can therefore put a horse and its owner at risk on the same ride.
Dermacentor reticulatus, the ornate dog tick, has expanded explosively across central Europe since 2000. It now occupies all 16 German…
Tick-borne encephalitis is overwhelmingly transmitted by Ixodes ricinus and I. persulcatus bites, but small European outbreaks regularly…
Ixodes ricinus, the castor bean tick, is the European cousin of Ixodes scapularis and the dominant Lyme vector across Europe from Portugal…
A single tick species, Amblyomma americanum, transmits ehrlichiosis from Ehrlichia chaffeensis and E. ewingii, tularemia, Heartland virus,…
Dermacentor occidentalis transmits Rickettsia 364D (now classified as Rickettsia rickettsii subsp. californica), the cause of Pacific…
Rhipicephalus sanguineus is a competent vector of Rickettsia rickettsii in the southwestern United States and northern Mexico, where…