The pattern of host selection involves a crucial component for tick abundance. While the larvae and nymphs feed on a wide range of different sized hosts, the adult female ticks require blood meal from a large host (>1kg), typically a deer, to fulfil the life cycle. Understanding the role ...
ricinus tick; the highest rates of infection are noted in adult females, lower in males and in nymphs. All tick developmental stages apart males are able to infect mammal hosts and humans. The potential animal reservoir could be wild boar, the role of deer is unclear; small rodents maintain...
White-tailed deerWild turkeyThe lone star tick, Amblyomma americanum, is a common human-biting species whose range has been largely restricted to the southeastern United States, until recent detections of established populations on Long Island, New York and throughout coastal southern New England. ...
Rhipicephalus (Boophilus) microplus is an obligate blood feeder which is host specific to cattle. Existing knowledge pertaining to the host or host breed effects on tick transcript expression profiles during the tick - host interaction is poor. Global an
Ticks and tick-borne pathogens that may spill over to humans have been recorded with a high prevalence in the study area; for instance, a prevalence of almost 45% of Babesia spp. has been recorded in red deer by Zanet and colleagues [25]. The mammal species of larger sizes that are ...