For decades, people have reduced the transmission of pathogens by adding low‐quality
hosts to managed environments like agricultural fields. More recently, there has been …

Emerging vector-borne diseases are an important issue in global health. Many vector-borne
pathogens have appeared in new regions in the past two decades, while many endemic …

Evidence-based guidelines for the management of patients with Lyme disease, human
granulocytic anaplasmosis (formerly known as human granulocytic ehrlichiosis), and …

The twin concepts of zooprophylaxis and the dilution effect originated with vector-borne
diseases (malaria), were driven forward by studies on Lyme borreliosis and have now …

Invasive species, disease vectors, and pathogens affect biodiversity, ecosystem function and
services, and human health. Climate change, land use, and transport vectors interact in …

Borrelia miyamotoi is a relapsing fever Borrelia group spirochete that is transmitted by the
same hard-bodied (ixodid) tick species that transmit the agents of Lyme disease. It was …

Lyme disease is the most prevalent vector-borne disease in North America, and both the
annual incidence and geographic range are increasing. The emergence of Lyme disease …

Abstract Changes in the type and prevalence of human diseases have occurred during shifts
in human social organization, for example, from hunting and gathering to agriculture and …

Recent reviews have argued that disease control is among the ecosystem services yielded
by biodiversity. Lyme disease (LD) is commonly cited as the best example of the …

Zoonotic pathogens are significant burdens on global public health. Because they are
transmitted to humans from non‐human animals, the transmission dynamics of zoonoses …