Knowledge and perception on ticks and tick-borne diseases among veterinary medicine students from the North African countries of Algeria Egypt and Tunisia

摘要

Ticks are important vectors of both animal and human pathogens. The epidemiology of tick-borne diseases (TBDs) has dramatically changed in several regions in the world. As parasitology is a continuously growing field, assessing the knowledge of veterinary medicine students provides useful indicators and information on the level of intervention required to adapt parasitological courses to meet the demands in a changing world.