Yurie Taya

Predicting the distribution of 16 tick species in Japan and its association with the occurrence of tick-borne diseases

Tick-borne diseases are a significant public health threat. Since the infection risk is directly associated with spatial variations of vector ticks, comprehensive data on their distributions are crucial for disease preparedness. Nevertheless, the difficulty of conducting field su...

How Phylogenies Inferred from 46 Mitochondrial Genomes Informed the Systematics of the Australasian Genus of Ticks, Bothriocroton, with the Description of Three New Species

Background: We revised the taxonomy and identification of the species of the genus Bothriocroton in light of entire mitochondrial genomes and nuclear rRNA genes, scanning electron microscopy, and light microscopy. Methods: (i) phylogenetic trees inferred from entire mitochondrial...