Background: The prolonged feeding process of ixodid ticks, in combination with bacterial transmission, should lead to a robust inflammatory response at the blood-feeding site. Yet, factors present in
The Gulf Coast tick, Amblyomma maculatum, is a vector of Rickettsia parkeri which causes a febrile infection in humans, and also of Hepatozoon americanum, a pathogen of dogs. The distribution of A. ma
Raw data about tested organs (skin and spleen) and ectoparasites (ticks and fleas) collected from European hedgehogs admitted to wildlife rescue centres in Piedmont region (North-Western Italy).
