| a survey of ticks (acari: ixodidae) of companion animals in australia. | ticks are among the most important vectors of pathogens affecting companion animals, and also cause health problems such as tick paralysis, anaemia, dermatitis, and secondary infections. twenty ixodid species have previously been recorded on dogs, cats, and horses in australia, including rhipicephalus sanguineus, ixodes holocyclus and haemaphysalis longicornis, which transmit tick-borne diseases. a survey of hard ticks (acari: ixodidae) was conducted during 2012-2015 to investigate tick species ... | 2016 | 27160149 |
| false detection of coxiella burnetii-what is the risk? | | 2016 | 27190242 |
| novel rickettsiella bacterium in the leafhopper orosius albicinctus (hemiptera: cicadellidae). | bacteria in the genus rickettsiella (coxiellaceae), which are mainly known as arthropod pathogens, are emerging as excellent models to study transitions between mutualism and pathogenicity. the current report characterizes a novel rickettsiella found in the leafhopper orosius albicinctus (hemiptera: cicadellidae), a major vector of phytoplasma diseases in europe and asia. denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis (dgge) and pyrosequencing were used to survey the main symbionts of o. albicinctus, r ... | 2013 | 23645190 |
| ticks of australia. the species that infest domestic animals and humans. | the book australian ticks by f.h.s. roberts (1970) is a land-mark in australian tick biology. but it is time for a new and improved book on the ticks of australia. the present book has identification guides and accounts of the biology and diseases associated with the 16 species of ticks that may feed on domestic animals and humans in australia. these comprise five argasid (soft) ticks: argas persicus (poultry tick), argas robertsi (robert's bird tick), ornithodoros capensis (seabird soft tick), ... | 2014 | 24943801 |