The tick Amblyomma dissimile Koch feeds preferentially on reptiles (Squamata), although amphibians (Anura) also seem to be important hosts. We report an A. dissimile nymph infesting a blue-winged ...

Ticks are bad news in general, but the lone star tick brings an extra problem: it can leave behind a sugar molecule called ...

Don’t let mosquitoes and ticks ruin your carefree summer fun. As we spend more time outdoors for activities like camping, ...

1 Introduction. Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever (CCHF) is caused by a tick-borne virus belonging to the genus Nairovirus within the family Bunyaviridae (Abudurexiti et al., 2019).Since its ...

Two species of ticks were recovered from birds during this study: Amblyomma longirostre (Koch, 1844) andAmblyomma calcaratum (Neumann, 1899). Out of the 137 birds captured in native forest, 10 (7.3%) ...

Kathryn E. Rief, MSPH, PhD, explains how veterinarians seeking reliable month‐long ectoparasite control can benefit from understanding isoxazoline pharmacodynamics, with lotilaner demonstrating rapid ...

According to the CDC's Lyme disease tracker, about 27 cases of Lyme disease per 100,000 people were reported in 2023, a record high.This surge marks a clear increase that began in 2022, with rates ...