The main importance of ticks resides in their ability to harbor pathogens that can be
transmitted to terrestrial vertebrates including humans. Recently, studies have focused on …

Acaricide resistance is a global problem that has impacts worldwide. Tick populations with
broad resistance to all commercially available acaricides have been reported. Since …

Tick microbiota can be targeted for the control of tick-borne diseases such as human
granulocytic anaplasmosis (HGA) caused by model pathogen, Anaplasma …

Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato causes Lyme borreliosis in a variety of animals and humans.
These atypical bacterial pathogens are maintained in a complex enzootic life cycle that …

Tick species are vectors of harmful human and animal diseases, and their expansion is
raising concerns under the global environmental changes' scenario. Ticks host and transmit …

Ixodes scapularis ticks transmit many infectious agents that cause disease, including tick-
borne flaviviruses (TBFVs). TBFV infections cause thousands of human encephalitis cases …

Advanced sequencing technologies have expedited resolution of higher-level arthropod
relationships. Yet, dark branches persist, principally among groups occurring in cryptic …

The insect immune deficiency (IMD) pathway is a defense mechanism that senses and
responds to Gram-negative bacteria. Ticks lack genes encoding upstream components that …

The pathogenic spirochete Borrelia burgdorferi senses and responds to changes in the
environment, including changes in nutrient availability, throughout its enzootic cycle in …

Ixodes scapularis ticks transmit multiple pathogens, including Borrelia burgdorferi sensu
stricto, and encode many proteins harboring epidermal growth factor (EGF)-like domains …