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Ticks are obligate hematophagous arthropods that are considered to be the second most common vectors of pathogens after the mosquitoes that cause diseases in humans (1). Two families of ticks are capable of transmitting a broad range of pathogens (2): Ixodidae (hard ticks) currently comprise over 700 species worldwide (3), and Argasidae (soft ticks) comprise roughly 200 species (4). A vast number of novel tick‐related microorganisms and tick‐borne disease agents have been identified in the past 20 years, and more are being described due to several factors, from the curiosity of clinicians faced with unusual clinical syndromes to new tools used by microbiologists and entomologists (5). Borrelioses, ehrlichioses, anaplasmosis, and tick‐borne rickettsial diseases are some of the emerging diseases that have been described throughout the world in recent years. In certain cases, the microorganism has been …