A study of ticks and tick-borne livestock pathogens in Pakistan

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Authors

Shahid Karim · University of Southern Mississippi

Khemraj Budachetri · University of Southern Mississippi

Nabanita Mukherjee · University of Southern Mississippi

Jaclyn Williams · University of Southern Mississippi

Asma Kausar · University of Southern Mississippi

Muhammad Jawadul Hassan · University of Agriculture Faisalabad

Steven W. Adamson

Abstract

This study provides information about tick diversity in Pakistan, and pathogenic bacteria in different tick species. Our results showed evidence for Candidatus R. amblyommii infection in Rhipicephalus microplus, H. anatolicum, and H. dromedarii ticks, which also carried T. annulata.

Topics & Keywords

Vector-borne infectious diseases Viral Infections and Vectors Vector-Borne Animal Diseases

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Zero hunger

Publication Details

Published in: PLoS neglected tropical diseases

Volume 11, Issue 6, pp. e0005681-e0005681

DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0005681

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