Unravelling the Diversity of Microorganisms in Ticks from Australian Wildlife

• Published in: Pathogens (Basel) Vol. 12; no. 2; p. 153
• Main Authors: Ghafar, Abdul, Davies, Nick, Tadepalli, Mythili, Breidahl, Amanda, Death, Clare, Haros, Philip, Li, Yuting, Dann, Peter, Cabezas-Cruz, Alejandro, Moutailler, Sara, Foucault-Simonin, Angélique, Gauci, Charles G., Stenos, John, Hufschmid, Jasmin, Jabbar, Abdul
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Switzerland MDPI AG 17.01.2023; MDPI
• Subjects: Analysis; Aponomma; Arachnids; Australia; Bartonella; Biological diversity; Cryptic species; Cytochrome-c oxidase; Cytochromes; DNA; Ehrlichia; Fever; Genetic aspects; Genetic testing; Health aspects; Hepatozoon; Identification; Identification and classification; Ixodes; Life Sciences; Livestock; Microfluidics; Microorganisms; monitoring; Morphology; One Health initiative; oxidoreductases; Pathogens; Phylogenetics; Phylogeny; Polymerase chain reaction; Proteins; quantitative polymerase chain reaction; Real time; Rickettsia; rRNA 16S; Theileria; tick-borne pathogens; Ticks; Wildlife; zoonosis; Australia; United States > US; Victoria Australia; Australia; Rickettsia; ticks; zoonosis; tick-borne pathogens; wildlife; tickstick-borne pathogens

Ticks and tick-borne pathogens pose a significant threat to the health and welfare of humans and animals. Our knowledge about pathogens carried by ticks of Australian wildlife is limited. This study aimed to characterise ticks and tick-borne microorganisms from a range of wildlife species across six...