Assessment of the bacterial community in Rhipicephalus bursa (main vector of Babesia ovis) , including information on relative abundance regarding uninfected R.bursa and B. ovis-R. bursa salivary glan
The study aim to identify tick virome in unfed and fully fed ticksunder different blood-meal stages using metagenomic and transcriptomic approaches, and hence to explore the interaction between blood-
Ticks are arthropods known worldwide to be vectors of many human, domestic animal and wildlife pathogens. They are ectoparasites that feed exclusively on blood. During these meals, the tick can take u