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Ticks often infect the common bent-wing bat (Miniopterus schreibersii). Szentiványi et al highlight that the role of bat ticks as disease vectors should be urgently re-evaluated in more diverse host systems, as they may contribute to pathogen transmission between bats and non-chiropteran hosts.
Image Credit: Attila D. Sándor
Citation: (2024) PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases Issue Image | Vol. 18(10) November 2024. PLoS Negl Trop Dis 18(10): ev18.i10. https://doi.org/10.1371/image.pntd.v18.i10
Published: November 4, 2024
Copyright: © 2024 . This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
Ticks often infect the common bent-wing bat (Miniopterus schreibersii). Szentiványi et al highlight that the role of bat ticks as disease vectors should be urgently re-evaluated in more diverse host systems, as they may contribute to pathogen transmission between bats and non-chiropteran hosts.
Image Credit: Attila D. Sándor