Abstract In the United States, ticks transmit the greatest diversity of arthropod-borne
pathogens and are responsible for the most cases of all vector-borne diseases. In recent …

Increases in tick-borne disease prevalence and transmission are important public health
issues. Efforts to control these emerging diseases are frustrated by the struggle to control tick …

In recent decades, tickborne disease (TBD) cases and established populations of medically
important ticks have been reported over expanding geographic areas, and an increasing …

Ticks are the most important vectors of human pathogens, leading to increased public health
burdens worldwide. Tick-borne pathogens include viruses (eg tick-borne encephalitis and …

Tick‐borne diseases, long known but historically underappreciated, are increasingly
recognized as important threats to public health. Tick‐borne infections of humans are …

A wide variety of pathogens is transmitted from ticks to vertebrates including viruses,
bacteria, protozoa and helminths, of which most have a life cycle that requires passage …

Since its emergence in the north‐eastern and upper mid‐western United States in the
1970s, Lyme disease, caused by Borrelia burgdorferi, has captured the public's attention as …

Wildlife vertebrate hosts are integral to enzootic cycles of tick-borne pathogens, and in some
cases have played key roles in the recent rise of ticks and tick-borne diseases in North …

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Tick-borne diseases are common occurrences in both the medical and veterinary clinical
settings. In addition to the constraints related to their diagnosis and clinical management, the …