Metagenomic profiling of ticks: Identification of novel rickettsial genomes and detection of tick-borne canine parvovirus.

• Main Authors: Anuradha Ravi (Author), Suheir Ereqat (Author), Amer Al-Jawabreh (Author), Ziad Abdeen (Author), Omar Abu Shamma (Author), Holly Hall (Author), Mark J Pallen (Author), Abedelmajeed Nasereddin (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2019-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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<h4>Background</h4>Across the world, ticks act as vectors of human and animal pathogens. Ticks rely on bacterial endosymbionts, which often share close and complex evolutionary links with tick-borne pathogens. As the prevalence, diversity and virulence potential of tick-borne agents rema...