Ticks and Tick-Borne Pathogens of the Caribbean: Current Understanding and Future Directions for More Comprehensive Surveillance

Ticks and Tick-Borne Pathogens of the Caribbean: Current Understanding and Future Directions for More Comprehensive Surveillance

Ticks are obligate hematophagous arthropods of significant importance to human and veterinary medicine. They transmit a vast array of pathogens, including bacteria, viruses, protozoa, and helminths. Most epidemiological data on ticks and tick-borne pathogens (TBPs) in the West Indies are limited to...

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Main Authors: Mathilde Gondard, Alejandro Cabezas-Cruz, Roxanne A. Charles, Muriel Vayssier-Taussat, Emmanuel Albina, Sara Moutailler
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2017-11-01
Series:Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology
Subjects:
tick-borne pathogens
ticks
Caribbean
epidemiology
new high-throughput technologies
surveillance
Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fcimb.2017.00490/full

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