Ticks and tick-borne diseases of livestock in the Middle East and North Africa: A review

N Perveen, SB Muzaffar, MA Al-Deeb - Insects, 2021 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary The Middle East and North Africa represent a hyper arid region of the
world. Humans in these regions have historically kept domestic livestock usually under …

Tick-borne diseases in Egypt: A one health perspective

AE Abdelbaset, N Nonaka, R Nakao - One Health, 2022 - Elsevier
Background Ticks are important arthropod vectors that transmit pathogens to humans and
animals. Owing to favourable climatic and environmental conditions, along with animal …

Rickettsial agents in Egyptian ticks collected from domestic animals

AD Loftis, WK Reeves, DE Szumlas… - Experimental & applied …, 2006 - Springer
To assess the presence of rickettsial pathogens in ticks from Egypt, we collected ticks from
domestic and peridomestic animals between June 2002 and July 2003. DNA extracts from …

Current status of tropical theileriosis in Northern Africa: A review of recent epidemiological investigations and implications for control

M Gharbi, MA Darghouth, K Elati… - Transboundary and …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Tropical theileriosis caused by the apicomplexan hemoparasite Theileria annulata is a tick‐
borne disease that constraints livestock production in parts of Europe, Asia and Africa. Four …

[HTML][HTML] Morphological and molecular identification of the brown dog tick Rhipicephalus sanguineus and the camel tick Hyalomma dromedarii (Acari: Ixodidae) vectors …

HHAM Abdullah, A El-Molla, FA Salib, NAT Allam… - Veterinary …, 2016 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Aim: Rickettsioses have an epidemiological importance that includes pathogens, vectors,
and hosts. The dog tick Rhipicephalus sanguineus and the camel tick Hyalomma dromedarii …

[HTML][HTML] Molecular and immunological characterization of Hyalomma dromedarii and Hyalomma excavatum (Acari: Ixodidae) vectors of Q fever in camels

HHAM Abdullah, EE El-Shanawany… - Veterinary …, 2018 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Materials and Methods: A total of 113 blood samples from camels and 190 adult ticks were
investigated for the infection with C. burnetii by polymerase chain reaction (PCR) and …

Molecular detection of spotted fever group rickettsiae associated with ixodid ticks in Egypt

S Abdel-Shafy, NAT Allam, O Mediannikov… - Vector-Borne and …, 2012 - liebertpub.com
Tick-borne diseases comprise a complex epidemiological and ecological network that
connects the vectors, pathogens, and a group of host species. The aim of this study was to …

Hard ticks (Acari: Ixodidae) infesting domestic animals in Egypt: diagnostic characters and a taxonomic key to the collected species

M Okely, R Anan, S Gad‐Allah… - Medical and veterinary …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Ticks are important vectors of emerging health problems in humans and animals. We
conducted several field surveillances to investigate the fauna of hard ticks on domestic …

Seroprevalence of Babesia bovis, B. bigemina, Trypanosoma evansi, and Anaplasma marginale antibodies in cattle in southern Egypt

RM Fereig, SGA Mohamed, HYAH Mahmoud… - Ticks and tick-borne …, 2017 - Elsevier
Babesia bovis, B. bigemina, Trypanosoma evansi, and Anaplasma marginale infections
cause serious diseases in cattle, and are primarily transmitted by arthropod vectors (ticks for …

Vector identification and clinical, hematological, biochemical, and parasitological characteristics of camel (Camelus dromedarius) theileriosis in Egypt

SY Youssef, S Yasien, WMA Mousa, SM Nasr… - Tropical Animal Health …, 2015 - Springer
The objectives of the present study were to identify a possible tick vector and to determine
the prevalence of camel theileriosis in Egypt using blood smears stained with Giemsa's stain …