Beside mosquitoes, ticks are well-known vectors of different human pathogens. In the
Northern Hemisphere, Lyme borreliosis (Eurasia, LB) or Lyme disease (North America, LD) …

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 …

Simple Summary Central America is a region that possesses distinct ecological and
socioeconomic characteristics, making it increasingly vulnerable to vector-borne diseases …

The ongoing COVID‐19 pandemic is a stark reminder of the devastating consequences of
pathogen spillover from wildlife to human hosts, particularly in densely populated urban …

Ixodes scapularis (the blacklegged tick) was considered a species of no medical concern
until the mid-1970s. By that time, the tick's geographic distribution was thought to be mainly …

The geographic range of the blacklegged tick, Ixodes scapularis, is expanding northward
from the United States into southern Canada, and studies suggest that the lone star tick …

The prevalence of diseases borne by mosquitoes, particularly in the genus Aedes, is rising
worldwide. This has been attributed, in part, to the dramatic rates of contemporary …

Research initiatives that engage the public (ie, community science or citizen science)
increasingly provide insights into tick exposures in the United States. However, these data …

Landscape fragmentation and structure play a crucial role in determining the provision of
ecosystem services. Although there has been extensive research on the impact of shifting …

Tick-borne illnesses have been on the rise in the United States, with reported cases up
sharply in the past two decades. In this literature review, we synthesize the available …