Detection of tick-borne bacteria and babesia with zoonotic potential in Argas (Carios) vespertilionis (Latreille, 1802) ticks from British bats

• Published in: Scientific Reports
• Main Authors: Lv, Jizhou, de Marco, Maria del Mar Fernandez, Goharriz, Hooman, Phipps, L Paul, McElhinney, Lorraine M, Hernandez-Triana, Luis M, Wu, Shaoqiang, Lin, Xiangmei, Fooks, Anthony R, Johnson, Nicholas
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Springer Science and Business Media LLC 2018
• Subjects: Argas; Pipistrellus pipistrellus
• Online Access: http://livrepository.liverpool.ac.uk/3032420/; https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-018-20138-1

Ticks host a wide range of zoonotic pathogens and are a significant source of diseases that affect humans and livestock. However, little is known about the pathogens associated with bat ticks. We have collected ectoparasites from bat carcasses over a seven year period. Nucleic acids (DNA and RNA) we...