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Molecular Evidence of Hemolivia mauritanica, Ehrlichia spp. and the Endosymbiont Candidatus Midichloria Mitochondrii in Hyalomma aegyptium Infesting Testudo graeca Tortoises from Doha, Qatar

Patrícia F. Barradas,
Clara Lima,
Luís Cardoso,
Irina Amorim,
Fátima Gärtner and
João R. Mesquita

Animals2021, 11(1), 30;https://doi.org/10.3390/ani11010030

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26 December 2020

Tick-borne agents constitute a growing concern for human and animal health worldwide. Hyalomma aegyptium is a hard tick with a three-host life cycle, whose main hosts for adults are Palearctic tortoises of genus Testudo. Nevertheless, immature ticks...

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Ticks and Tick-Borne Pathogens in Wild Animals and Birds from Two Rehabilitation Facilities in Greece

Dimitrios Vourvidis,
Georgia Tzouganatou,
Sokratis Perdikaris,
Evangelia Kofidou,
Beatriz Martinez-Gonzalez,
Mary Emmanouil,
Emmanouil Papadogiannakis,
Anastasia Komnenou and
Emmanouil Angelakis

Pathogens2025, 14(1), 9;https://doi.org/10.3390/pathogens14010009

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28 December 2024

Ticks are temporary ectoparasites that serve as vectors for a wide range of pathogens affecting both wildlife and humans. In Greece, research on the prevalence of tick-borne pathogens in wildlife is limited. This study investigates the presence of pa...

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Phylogeography and Prevalence of Hemoparasites (Apicomplexa: Eucoccidiorida) in Galápagos Marine Iguanas, Amblyrhynchus cristatus (Reptilia: Iguanidae)

Jessica Scheibel,
Joan Garcia-Porta,
Galo Quezada and
Alejandro Ibáñez

Animals2022, 12(9), 1142;https://doi.org/10.3390/ani12091142

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28 April 2022

Parasitism is among the most common forms of coexistence of organisms of different species. Hemoparasites live in the bloodstream of the host where they complete different life-cycle stages. Members of the phylum Apicomplexa constitute a large portio...

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