Tick-borne diseases represent major public and animal health issues worldwide. Ixodes
ricinus, primarily associated with deciduous and mixed forests, is the principal vector of …

Tick-borne Encephalitis (TBE), which is caused by a Flavivirus, is the most common tick-
transmitted disease in Central and Eastern Europe and Russia. Today, TBE is endemic in 27 …

The tick-borne pathogen Powassan virus is a rare cause of encephalitis in North America
and the Russian Far East. The number of documented cases described since the discovery …

During the 1990s, Milan Labuda's experimental results established a new paradigm for the
study of tick-borne viruses that has since been strengthened by its demonstrated …

Background Alkhurma hemorrhagic fever virus (AHFV) and Kyasanur forest disease virus
(KFDV) cause significant human disease and mortality in Saudi Arabia and India …

Tick-borne encephalitis (TBE) is a severe zoonotic neurological disease endemic in
northeast Italy since 1992. In the Province of Trento, a sharp increase in TBE incidence has …

Tick-borne encephalitis virus (TBEV) is the most important causative agent of arboviral
infection in Europe, causing neurologic symptoms. The incidence of the disease has greatly …

Biotic factors contributing to the survival of tick-borne viruses in nature are poorly
understood. Using tick-borne encephalitis virus (TBEV) and its principal European vector …

Ticks play an important role in transmitting many different emerging zoonotic pathogens that
pose a significant threat to human and animal health. In Switzerland and abroad, the …

In nature, vector borne flaviviruses are persistently cycled between either the tick or
mosquito vector and small mammals such as rodents, skunks, and swine. These viruses …