The Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato species complex currently consists of more than 20
species that utilize small vertebrate hosts as reservoirs and ticks of the genus Ixodes as …

Environmental and climatic changes in northern Europe have shaped a geographical area
in which new tick species may become established and introduce new tick-borne …

We report the presence of Ixodes inopinatus and its sympatric occurrence with Ixodes ricinus
in southeastern Germany, western Austria, and Romania. The identification of I. inopinatus …

Background Yezo virus (YEZV) is an emerging tick-borne pathogen, which was initially
reported in Japan in 2021. Only one patient had been reported in China so far. We aimed to …

Ixodes rici nus and Ixodes persulcatus ticks are the main vectors of tick-borne encephalitis
virus (TBEV), which has three main subtypes connected with certain tick species: the …

Ticks are important vectors of human and animal pathogens, but many questions remain
unanswered regarding their taxonomy. Molecular sequencing methods have allowed …

Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato family of spirochetes causes Lyme disease (LD) in animals
and humans. As geographic territory of ticks expands across the globe, surveillance …

In the present study, we report the sympatric occurrence of Ixodes ricinus (Linnaeus, 1758)
and Ixodes inopinatus (Estrada-Peña, Nava, and Petney, 2014) in Tunisia. In total, 173 adult …

Ixodes scapularis Say, 1821 (the black-legged tick) is becoming established in Canada. The
northwards expansion of I. scapularis leads to contact between I. scapularis and Ixodes …

This study was initiated to assess the seasonality and to investigate the morphology of
questing ixodid ticks in an urban habitat in Central Europe, Hungary. A neglected part of a …