Flaviviruses are vector-borne RNA viruses that can emerge unexpectedly in human
populations and cause a spectrum of potentially severe diseases including hepatitis …

Over recent years, a multitude of pathogens have been reported to be tick-borne. Given this,
it is unsurprising that these might co-exist within the same tick, however our understanding …

Background Tick-borne diseases are an important cause of human morbidity and mortality in
the United States. The past several decades have witnessed an increase in both the number …

More than 25% of human infectious diseases are vector-borne diseases (VBDs). These
diseases, caused by pathogens shared between animals and humans, are a growing threat …

Powassan virus is an increasingly-recognized cause of severe encephalitis that is
transmitted by Ixodes ticks. Given the nonspecific clinical, laboratory, and imaging features …

Powassan virus (POWV) is a tickborne flavivirus discovered in Ontario, Canada in 1958 that
causes long-term neurological sequelae in about half the reported cases and death in a little …

Japanese encephalitis virus (JEV), a mosquito-borne flavivirus, is the leading cause of
pediatric encephalitis in Southeast Asia. The enzootic transmission of JEV involves two …

Tick-borne diseases are a growing problem in many parts of the world, and their
surveillance and control touch on challenging issues in medical entomology, agricultural …

Abstract The northeastern United States (US) is a hotspot for tick-borne diseases. Adding to
an already complex vector landscape, in 2017 large populations of the invasive …

Ticks are obligatory hematophagous arthropods that harbor and transmit infectious
pathogens to humans and animals. Tick species belonging to Amblyomma, Ixodes …