Mourad Ben Said is an Associate Professor in Animal Biotechnology and an Associate Researcher in Molecular Microbiology and Parasitology at the University of Manouba, Tunisia. My research interests are associated with macro- and microparasites: 1) the development of molecular diagnostic and genotyping methods to better identify and genetically characterize vectors and vector-borne pathogens (VBPs); 2) the epidemiological and phylogenetic studies of VBPs including bacteria, protozoa, and viruses, and 3) the contribution to developing new effective vaccines against vectors and VBPs.