Climate change has influenced the transmission of a wide range of vector-borne diseases in
Europe, which is a pressing public health challenge for the coming decades. Numerous …

As an important contributor to vector-borne diseases in China, in recent years, tick-borne
diseases have attracted much attention because of their increasing incidence and …

Due to increased travel, climatic, and environmental changes, the incidence of tick-borne
disease in both humans and animals is increasing throughout Europe. Therefore, extended …

Background Anaplasma phagocytophilum is the etiological agent of granulocytic
anaplasmosis in humans and animals. Wild animals and ticks play key roles in the enzootic …

Lyme borreliosis (LB) and other Ixodes ricinus-borne diseases (TBDs) are diseases that
emerge from interactions of humans and domestic animals with infected ticks in nature …

Background Rodents are considered to contribute strongly to the risk of tick-borne diseases
by feeding Ixodes ricinus larvae and by acting as amplifying hosts for pathogens. Here, we …

Background. In the northern hemisphere, ticks of the Ixodidae family are vectors of diseases
such as Lyme borreliosis, Rocky Mountain spotted fever and tick-borne encephalitis. Most of …

Ticks are becoming increasingly recognised as important vectors of pathogens in urban and
peri-urban areas, including green space used for recreational activities. In the UK, the risk …

Background Understanding which factors drive population densities of disease vectors is an
important step in assessing disease risk. We tested the hypothesis that the density of ticks …

Candidatus Neoehrlichia mikurensis is an emerging tick-borne pathogen causing a systemic
inflammatory syndrome mostly in persons with underlying hematologic or autoimmune …