Molecular characterization of tick-borne bacterial and protozoan pathogens in parasitic ticks from Xinjiang, China | Parasites & Vectors
Identification of tick species A total of 1093 ticks were collected and subjected to morphological and molecular identification, which were identified as four genera and nine species, namely Hyalomma anatolicum, Hyalomma asiaticum, Dermacentor marginatus, Dermacentor pavlovskyi, Rhipicephalus turanicus, Rhipicephalus sanguineus, Haemaphysalis longicornis, Haemaphysalis punctata, and Haemaphysalis danieli. Hy. asiaticum (72.0%, 787/1093) was the dominant tick … Read more