Ticks of the Middle East: Taxonomy, Biology, Ecology, Medical, and Veterinary Significance

by Kosta Y. Mumcuoglu PhD, Adem Keskin PhD, Ben J. Mans PhD, Dantas-Torres MV, MSc, DSc, PhD, FRES, Dipl EVPC, Filipe

Ticks of the Middle East: Taxonomy, Biology, Ecology, Medical and Veterinary Significance consolidates the knowledge of ticks and tick-borne diseases in the Middle East region, with particular emphasis on their taxonomy, synonyms, distribution, ecology, and medical and veterinary significance. This book explores the history of tick research and the geoclimatic conditions of Middle Eastern countries. It also provides distribution maps of each tick species within the Middle East region and a list of ticks found in each country. Written by an international team of experts in the field, Ticks of the Middle East: Taxonomy, Biology, Ecology, Medical and Veterinary Significance provides a concise and authoritative resource on tick species in the region.- Covers ticks and tick-borne diseases in the Middle East countries of Bahrain, Egypt, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Syria, the Palestinian Territories, the United Arab Emirates, Türkiye, and Yemen.- Discusses the medical and veterinary aspects of ticks and their transmitted pathogens. • Provides taxonomic keys for the morphological identification of tick genera and the 72 ixodid and 29 argasid ticks found in the region.- Presents the molecular reference data for each ixodid and argasid tick included in this book, giving the accession numbers for the various genes available, along with the locality from which the sample sequences were derived.