Ticks and tick-borne pathogens can have considerable impacts on the health of livestock, wildlife and people. Knowledge of tick-host preferences is necessary for both tick and pathogen control. Ticks were historically considered as specialist parasites, but the range of sampled host species has been limited, infestation intensity has not been included in prior analyses, and phylogenetic distances between hosts have not been previously considered. We used a large dataset of 35 604 individual collections and two host-specificity indices to assess the specificity of 61 South African tick species, as well as distinctions between adult and juvenile ticks, for 95 mammalian hosts. When accounting for host phylogeny, most adult and juvenile ticks b...
Background: Ticks and tick-borne diseases are increasing in many areas of Europe and North America d...
Infestation of a new host is a crucial stage in the life-cycle of parasites, and the possibility tha...
Corridor disease, transmitted by the brown ear tick (Rhipicephalus appendiculatus), is one of Africa...
International audienceDetermining patterns of host use, and the frequency at which these patterns ch...
As changes in the environment have brought wild and domestic animals into closer proximity, cross-sp...
AbstractTicks are of vast importance to livestock health, and contribute to conflicts between wildli...
Here we have evaluated tick host specificity with two different methodological approaches considerin...
Here we have evaluated tick host specificity with two different methodological approaches considerin...
BACKGROUND Host specificity is a fundamental determinant of tick population and pathogen transmis...
Ticks are widespread parasites of vertebrates and major vectors of pathogens to humans, domestic ani...
Many studies on the population dynamics of questing ticks on pastures and of parasitic ticks on cat...
Thesis (PhD)--University of Pretoria, 2016.Patterns of ectoparasite burden among hosts can be linked...
Identifying the factors that influence the species diversity and distribution of ticks (Acari: Ixodi...
Globally small mammals are important hosts of ectoparasite vectors of pathogens of medical, veterina...
Identifying the factors that influence the species diversity and distribution of ticks (Acari: Ixodi...
Background: Ticks and tick-borne diseases are increasing in many areas of Europe and North America d...
Infestation of a new host is a crucial stage in the life-cycle of parasites, and the possibility tha...
Corridor disease, transmitted by the brown ear tick (Rhipicephalus appendiculatus), is one of Africa...
International audienceDetermining patterns of host use, and the frequency at which these patterns ch...
As changes in the environment have brought wild and domestic animals into closer proximity, cross-sp...
AbstractTicks are of vast importance to livestock health, and contribute to conflicts between wildli...
Here we have evaluated tick host specificity with two different methodological approaches considerin...
Here we have evaluated tick host specificity with two different methodological approaches considerin...
BACKGROUND Host specificity is a fundamental determinant of tick population and pathogen transmis...
Ticks are widespread parasites of vertebrates and major vectors of pathogens to humans, domestic ani...
Many studies on the population dynamics of questing ticks on pastures and of parasitic ticks on cat...
Thesis (PhD)--University of Pretoria, 2016.Patterns of ectoparasite burden among hosts can be linked...
Identifying the factors that influence the species diversity and distribution of ticks (Acari: Ixodi...
Globally small mammals are important hosts of ectoparasite vectors of pathogens of medical, veterina...
Identifying the factors that influence the species diversity and distribution of ticks (Acari: Ixodi...
Background: Ticks and tick-borne diseases are increasing in many areas of Europe and North America d...
Infestation of a new host is a crucial stage in the life-cycle of parasites, and the possibility tha...
Corridor disease, transmitted by the brown ear tick (Rhipicephalus appendiculatus), is one of Africa...