Table of Contents

Adaptations of the tick-borne pathogen, Anaplasma marginale, for survival in cattle and ticks.- The Argasidae, Ixodidae and Nuttalliellidae (Acari: Ixodida): a world list of valid tick names.- Phylogeny, evolution and historical zoogeography of ticks: a review of recent progress.- The use of the nuclear protein-encoding gene, RNA polymerase II, for tick molecular systematics.- A proteomics approach to characterizing tick salivary secretions.- RNA interference: applicability in tick research.- An inhibitor of thrombin-stimulated blood platelet aggregation from the salivary glands of the hard tick Amblyomma variegatum (Acari: Ixodidae).- A preliminary linkage map of the tick, Ixodes scapularis.- Expression of defensin-like peptides in tick hemolymph and midgut in response to challenge with Borrelia burgdoiferi, Escherichia coli and Bacillus subtilis.- Involvement of antibacterial peptide defensin in tick midgut defense.- Dynamic changes in Lyme disease spirochetes during transmission by nymphal ticks.- Preliminary observations on specific adaptations of exophilic ixodid ticks to forests or open country habitats.- How specific are host-produced kairomones to host-seeking ixodid ticks?.- Photoperiodic control of developmental diapause in nymphs of prostriate ixodid ticks (Acari: Ixodidae).- Detection and identification of spotted fever group rickettsiae in ticks collected in southern Croatia.- Immunogenicity of Ehrlichia ruminantium grown in tick cell lines.- Kinetics of experimental infection of sheep with Ehrlichia ruminantium cultivated in tick and mammalian cell lines.- A review of studies on the transmission of Anaplasma phagocytophilmn from sheep: implications for the force of infection in endemic cycles.- Sodium valproate facilitates the propagation of granulocytic ehrlichiae (Anaplasma phagocytophilum) in HL-60 cells.- Reduced weight gain due to subclinical Anaplasma phagocytophilum (formerly Ehrlichia phagocytophila) infection.- Ticks and tick-borne diseases of livestock belonging to resource-poor farmers in the eastern Free State of South Africa.- Tick—host—Borrelia population interactions: long-term records in Eastern Europe.- Remotely sensed correlates of phylogeny: tick-borne flaviviruses.- Understanding the relationships between landscape connectivity and abundance of Ixodes ricinus ticks.- Analysis of weather effects on variability in Lyme disease incidence in the northeastern United States.- Molecular and biochemical diagnosis of esterase-mediated pyrethroid resistance in a Mexican strain of Boophilus microplus (Acari: Ixodidae).- In vitro detection of acaricide resistance in Boophilus microplus (Acari: Ixodidae).- Progress towards the eradication of Amblyomma variegatum from the Caribbean.- The susceptibility of different species and stages of ticks to entomopathogenic fungi.- Control of Ixodes scapularis and Amblyomma americanum through use of the ‘4-poster’ treatment device on deer in Maryland.- The use of a 4% (w/w) deltamethrin collar (Scalibor® ProtectorBand) in the extended control of ticks on dogs.- List of Participants.