Recently, the incidence and awareness of tick-borne diseases in humans and animals have
increased due to several factors, which in association favor the chances of contact among …

Over one hundred cases of human rickettsiosis, many fatal, are reported annually across the
US‐Mexico transboundary region, representing a likely undercount. Although cases are …

Background: Amblyomma americanum is the most common tick infesting both animals and
humans in the southern United States and transmits a variety of zoonotic agents. The rise in …

Spotted fevers are tick‐borne diseases associated with various Rickettsia species. Rickettsia
parkeri sensu stricto (ss) is the agent of an emerging eschar‐associated rickettsiosis in …

Ehrlichia chaffeensis is an obligate intracellular bacterium that invades monocytes to cause
the emerging and potentially severe disease, monocytic ehrlichiosis. Ehrlichial invasion of …

Synanthropic wild mammals can be important hosts for many vector-borne zoonotic
pathogens. The aim of this study was determine the exposure of synanthropic mammals to …

Rocky Mountain spotted fever (RMSF), caused by the bacterium Rickettsia rickettsii, is a re-
emerging tick-borne zoonosis in North America, with hundreds of human fatalities in multiple …

Determining which wildlife hosts are involved in the enzootic cycles of tick-borne diseases
(TBD) enables enhanced surveillance and risk assessment of potential transmission to …

The incidence of tick‐borne disease continues to increase in humans and companion
animals in the United States, yet distribution maps for several tick vectors in Oklahoma …

Population-level surveys for Dirofilaria immitis in wild canids typically rely on identification of
the parasite at necropsy. More recently, some studies have employed the use of the SNAP® …