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Cattle and other livestock serve as important hosts sustaining tick populations as well as tick-borne zoonotic and animal pathogens. This study aimed to investigate the prevalence and co-circulation of the spotted fever group (SFG)\n                      <jats:italic>Rickettsia<\/jats:italic>\n                      spp. in ticks from cattle and Crimean\u2013Congo hemorrhagic fever virus (CCHFV) in cattle in Kosovo.\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      Ticks from pastured cattle in the Malishev\u00eb district, Kosovo were screened for SFG\n                      <jats:italic>Rickettsia<\/jats:italic>\n                      spp. by polymerase chain reaction (PCR) and sequencing and cattle serum was screened for CCHFV antibodies by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA). Ticks were identified by amplification and sequencing of the partial\n                      <jats:italic>COI<\/jats:italic>\n                      gene.\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      All 110 ticks analyzed were identified as\n                      <jats:italic>Rhipicephalus annulatus.<\/jats:italic>\n                      SFG\n                      <jats:italic>Rickettsia<\/jats:italic>\n                      were detected in 9 ticks, seven\n                      <jats:italic>Rickettsia aeschlimannii<\/jats:italic>\n                      and two\n                      <jats:italic>Rickettsia sibirica<\/jats:italic>\n                      subsp.\n                      <jats:italic>mongolitimonae<\/jats:italic>\n                      , representing their first report in Kosovo as well as in\n                      <jats:italic>Rh. annulatus<\/jats:italic>\n                      . Serological assessment revealed CCHFV antibodies in 23 of 100 cattle indicating virus circulation.\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>These findings demonstrate the simultaneous exposure of bacterial and viral tick-borne pathogens in a shared livestock interface. Integrated One Health surveillance is essential for early detection and risk mitigation in hyperendemic regions of the Western Balkans.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.3389\/fvets.2026.1888406","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2026,7,31]],"date-time":"2026-07-31T04:24:35Z","timestamp":1785471875000},"update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3389\/crossmark-policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":1,"title":["Co-circulation of Crimean\u2013Congo hemorrhagic fever virus and spotted fever group Rickettsia in cattle and ticks from cattle in Kosovo"],"prefix":"10.3389","volume":"13","author":[{"given":"Jignesh","family":"Italiya","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Microbiology, Nutrition and Dietetics, Czech University of Life Sciences","place":["Prague, Czechia"]}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Krist\u00fdna","family":"Hrazdilov\u00e1","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Mendel University","place":["Brno, Czechia"]}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Seyma S.","family":"Celina","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Center for Infectious Animal Diseases, Faculty of Tropical AgriSciences, Czech University of Life Sciences Prague","place":["Prague, Czechia"]}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Pavlina","family":"Nekudova","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Microbiology, Nutrition and Dietetics, Czech University of Life Sciences","place":["Prague, Czechia"]}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Tekkara Allan","family":"Obonyom","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Center for Infectious Animal Diseases, Faculty of Tropical AgriSciences, Czech University of Life Sciences Prague","place":["Prague, Czechia"]},{"name":"National Agricultural Research Organization-Ngetta","place":["Lira, Uganda"]}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Avni","family":"Robaj","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Veterinary Medicine, Faculty of Agriculture and Veterinary, University of Prishtina \u201cHasan Prishtina\u201d","place":["Prishtina, Kosovo"]}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Jiri","family":"Cerny","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Center for Infectious Animal Diseases, Faculty of Tropical AgriSciences, Czech University of Life Sciences Prague","place":["Prague, Czechia"]}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"David","family":"Modry","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Veterinary Disciplines, Czech University of Life Sciences","place":["Prague, Czechia"]},{"name":"Department of Botany and Zoology, Faculty of Science, Masaryk University","place":["Brno, Czechia"]},{"name":"Institute of Parasitology, Biology Center of Czech Academy of Sciences","place":["\u010cesk\u00e9 Bud\u011bjovice, Czechia"]}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Lisa E.","family":"Hensley","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Zoonotic Emerging Disease Research Unit, US Department of Agriculture","place":["Manhattan, KS, United States"]}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Anne W.","family":"Rimoin","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Epidemiology, UCLA Fielding School of Public Health","place":["Los Angeles, CA, United States"]}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Ludek","family":"Zurek","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Microbiology, Nutrition and Dietetics, Czech University of Life Sciences","place":["Prague, Czechia"]}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"1965","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2026,7,31]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"53","DOI":"10.20506\/rst.34.1.2345","article-title":"Ticks as vectors: taxonomy, biology and ecology","volume":"34","author":"Estrada-Pe\u00f1a","year":"2015","journal-title":"Rev Sci Tech"},{"key":"ref2","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"1","DOI":"10.1186\/1756-3305-6-1","article-title":"Driving forces for changes in geographical distribution of Ixodes ricinus ticks in Europe","volume":"6","author":"Medlock","year":"2013","journal-title":"Parasit Vectors"},{"key":"ref3","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"7771431","DOI":"10.1155\/tbed\/7771431","article-title":"Hyalomma marginatum in Europe: the past, current status, and future challenges - 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