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A meta-analysis of host specificity in Neotropical hard ticks (Acari: Ixodidae)

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BULLETIN OF ENTOMOLOGICAL RESEARCH (2013)

Review Parasitology

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INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL FOR PARASITOLOGY (2013)

Article Public, Environmental & Occupational Health

Molecular Detection of Rickettsia africae, Rickettsia aeschlimannii, and Rickettsia sibirica mongolitimonae in Camels and Hyalomma spp. Ticks from Israel

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VECTOR-BORNE AND ZOONOTIC DISEASES (2013)

Article Infectious Diseases

Molecular detection of Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever (CCHF) virus in ticks from southeastern Iran

Ahmad Mehravaran et al.

TICKS AND TICK-BORNE DISEASES (2013)

Review Immunology

Host specialization in ticks and transmission of tick-borne diseases: a review

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FRONTIERS IN CELLULAR AND INFECTION MICROBIOLOGY (2013)

Review Veterinary Sciences

Coxiella burnetii associated reproductive disorders in domestic animals-a critical review

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ACTA VETERINARIA SCANDINAVICA (2013)

Article Entomology

Ticks and tick-borne pathogens in livestock from nomadic herds in the Somali Region, Ethiopia

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EXPERIMENTAL AND APPLIED ACAROLOGY (2012)

Review Infectious Diseases

Babesia: A world emerging

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INFECTION GENETICS AND EVOLUTION (2012)

Article Computer Science, Interdisciplinary Applications

Closing the Gap between Methodologists and End-Users: R as a Computational Back-End

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JOURNAL OF STATISTICAL SOFTWARE (2012)

Review Infectious Diseases

A Review of Bovine Anaplasmosis

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TRANSBOUNDARY AND EMERGING DISEASES (2011)

Review Microbiology

Prevalence of Coxiella burnetii infection in domestic ruminants: A critical review

Raphael Guatteo et al.

VETERINARY MICROBIOLOGY (2011)

Article Parasitology

A survey for piroplasmids in horses and Bactrian camels in North-Eastern Mongolia

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VETERINARY PARASITOLOGY (2011)

Article Infectious Diseases

Current Knowledge on Phylogeny and Taxonomy of Rickettsia spp.

Pierre-Edouard Fournier et al.

RICKETTSIOLOGY AND RICKETTSIAL DISEASES (2009)

Meeting Abstract Infectious Diseases

First description of Rickettsia monacensis in Ixodes ricinus in Algeria

L. Dib et al.

CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY AND INFECTION (2009)

Article Veterinary Sciences

Concurrent Infection with Anaplasma phagocytophilum and Mycoplasma haemolamae in a Young Alpaca

K. Lascola et al.

JOURNAL OF VETERINARY INTERNAL MEDICINE (2009)

Article Parasitology

New developments in canine hepatozoonosis in North America: a review

Susan E. Little et al.

PARASITES & VECTORS (2009)

Review Veterinary Sciences

Is Q Fever an emerging or re-emerging zoonosis?

N Arricau-Bouvery et al.

VETERINARY RESEARCH (2005)

Article Microbiology

Characterization of Borrelia lusitaniae isolates collected in Tunisia and Morocco

H Younsi et al.

JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY (2005)

Article Veterinary Sciences

Brucellosis and Q-fever seroprevalences of nomadic pastoralists and their livestock in Chad

E Schelling et al.

PREVENTIVE VETERINARY MEDICINE (2003)

Article Public, Environmental & Occupational Health

Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever: a seroepidemiological and tick survey in the Sultanate of Oman

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TROPICAL MEDICINE & INTERNATIONAL HEALTH (2000)