%0 Journal Article
%T Tick-Transmitted Diseases Caused by Apicomplexa
%A Słodki, Jan
%A Jasik, Krzysztof Piotr
%A Kępa, Małgorzata
%A Idzik, Danuta
%A Wojtyczka, Robert Dariusz
%J Acta Protozoologica
%V 2011
%R 10.4467/16890027AP.11.017.0017
%N Volume 50, Issue 3
%P 155-16
%K Apicomplexa, Babesia, Hemolivia, Hepatozoon, Theileria, ticks
%@ 0065-1583
%D 2011
%U https://ejournals.eu/en/journal/acta-protozoologica/article/tick-transmitted-diseases-caused-by-apicomplexa
%X The objective of this study is to draw attention to Apicomplexa-caused diseases transmitted by ticks. We present ultimate and intermediate hosts of Apicomplexa, including man, as well as vectors transmitting these unicellular Protista. We describe symptoms of Apicomplexa-caused diseases and contemporary methods of diagnostics and therapy. It is noteworthy that the ticks and tick-transmitted pathogenes are distinctly increasing their distribution ranges. Besides, it is important that the ticks are adapted to use many different hosts, including birds, which increases the ticks’ expansion abilities.