Ticks of the Middle East

Kosta Y. Mumcuoglu, PhD, currently works at the Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel. Kosta does research in Medical and Veterinary Entomology, as well as in Biotherapy (Maggot debridement therapy and Hirudotherapy). His main subjects of interest are lice and louse-borne diseases, lice in archaeological remains, fleas, midges, bed bugs, Demodex, Scabies and house-dust mites, ticks and tick-borne diseases, the use of maggots for the treatment of chronic wounds, and the use of leeches in plastic surgery.Adem Keskin, PhD, is an Associate Professor at Gaziosmanpasa University. His research focuses on ticks (Ixodida) and fleas (Siphonaptera) systematics, host-parasite relationships, molecular detection of tick and flea borne diseases, and the role of wild animals in the transmission of zoonotic agents.Professor Ben Mans has worked at the Agricultural Research Council – Onderstepoort Veterinary Research since 2008 where he has held a number of research positions, currently as Principal Researcher and Research Team Manager. He is also a Professor Extraordinarius at the University of South Africa. He received his Honours, Master's and PhD degrees in Biochemistry from the University of Pretoria (UP) and completed Postdoctoral Fellowships at UP, the National Centre for Biotechnology Information (NCBI), and the Laboratory for Malaria and Vector Research at the National Institutes of Health (NIH, USA). His research focuses on tick biology and evolution, specifically adaptation to a blood-feeding lifestyle at the tick-host interface, tick taxonomy and systematics. He has published 110 peer-reviewed articles with over 6 800 citations. In addition, he has authored and co-authored 17 book chapters and has served on the Editorial Boards of PLoS One, the International Journal of Acarology, and Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases.Filipe Dantas-Torres MV, MSc, DSc, PhD, FRES, Dipl EVPC is a researcher at Fiocruz-PE, Brazil. He is a veterinarian and holds a Master of Science and Doctor of Science degrees in public health and a PhD in animal health and zoonosis. He is a Fellow of the Royal Entomological Society and a Diplomate of the European College of Veterinary Parasitology. He is Editor-in-Chief of Parasites and Vectors.