Metagenomics Characterization of Ixodes ricinus Intestinal Microbiota as Major Vector of Tick-Borne Diseases in Domestic Animals

• Main Authors: Manijeh Yousefi Behzadi (Author), Atefeh Mehrabi (Author), Mozhgan Ahmadinezhad (Author), Mahdi Rohani (Author), Saeid Reza Naddaf (Author), Amin Bagheri (Author), Masoomeh Shams-Ghahfarokhi (Author), Ebrahim Maghsoudlou (Author), Nooshin Mojahed (Author), Leila Mounesan (Author), Zahra Tahmasebi (Author), Aria Sohrabi (Author), Mostafa Salehi-Vasiri (Author), Zahra Salehi (Author), Mehdi Razzaghi-Abyaneh (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Tehran University of Medical Sciences, 2023-09-01T00:00:00Z.
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Background: Understanding the microbiota of disease vectors can help for developing new strategies to prevent the transmis­sion of vector pathogens. Ixodes ricinus is one of the most notorious tick vectors with increasing importance in Iran and other parts of the world while there is limited data on...