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Pathogen Tick species distribution Vertebrate hosts diagnostic methods
Babesia canis D. reticulatus Europe Three hosts
Central Asia Small rodents (larvae,
(west) nymph)
Deer, dogs (adults)
Babesia canis R. sanguineus worldwide Three hosts
vogeli Dog, wild carnivores,
human (adults)
Babesiosis R. annulatus subtropical / One host
(B. bigemina, B. (B. annulatus) tropical Large ruminants
bovis)
R. microplus Southern US One host
(Boophilus South America Large ruminants
microplus) Africa
Asia
North Australia
Theileria
Cytauxzoon felis Dermacentor North America Three hosts Buffy coat / lymph
variabilis (mostly east) Small mammals node smear (Giemsa)
Central America (larvae, nymphs) PCR, qPCR
Carnivores, cattle,
horses, humans
(adults)
East Coast Fever Rhipicephalus Africa Three hosts
(Theileria parva) appendiculatus Large ruminants,
carnivores, hares
(larvae, nymphs)
Large ruminants
(adults)
Bovine Tropical Hyalomma Russia Two hosts
Theileriosis marginatum Europe Small mammals and
(Theileria subsaharan ground-feeding birds
annulata) Africa (immature lifestages)
Wild and domestic
ungulates (livestock,
deer, boar) (adults)
Bovine Tropical Hyalomma central Asia Cattle, horses, sheep,
Theileriosis detrium Mediterranean goats, camels (all
(Theileria annulata) Middle East lifestages)
Theileria orientalis Haemaphysalis Asia, Asia-Pacific Cattle (Theileria
longicornis (imported) associated bovine
anaemia (TABA)*
Viruses
Louping ill Ixodes ricinus Europe, Western Three hosts Virus isolation (chicken
Asia Lizard, bird, small embryo, mammalian
mammal (larvae, cell lines, tick cell lines)
nymphs) RT-PCR, qRT-PCR
Ungulates, humans, Serology (ELISA)
other mammals (adults)

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