Urban green spaces provide important ecological, environmental, and cultural benefits,
including biodiversity conservation and human wellbeing. However, a significant portion of …

For more than three decades, it has been recognized that Ixodes ricinus ticks occur in urban
green space in Europe and that they harbour multiple pathogens linked to both human and …

Background Lyme borreliosis (LB) is the most common vector-borne disease in Europe.
Monitoring changes in the prevalence of different Borrelia species in ticks may be an …

The ecology of zoonotic, including vector-borne, diseases in urban social-ecological
systems is influenced by complex interactions among human and environmental factors …

Abstract Hard ticks (Acari: Ixodidae) act as important vectors of zoonotic pathogens. For
instance, Borrelia burgdorferi sl spirochetes pose a severe health risk as aetiological agents …

Molecular identification of the previous blood meal source of a questing tick (Acari: Ixodidae)
from blood meal fragments was proposed a few decades ago. Following this, several blood …

In Finland, the distribution area of the taiga tick, Ixodes persulcatus (Schulze, 1930), is
nested within a broader area of distribution of a congeneric species, the sheep tick, Ixodes …

We developed a correlative model at high resolution for predicting the distribution of one of
the main vectors of Crimean‐Congo haemorrhagic fever virus (CCHFV), Hyalomma …

Borreliosis (Lyme disease) is a zoonosis, mediated to humans and small mammals through
specific vectors (ticks), with increasing global incidence. It is associated with a variety of …

Aims Urban green spaces are locations of maximal human activity, forming areas of
enhanced risk for tick‐borne disease (TBD) transmission. Being also limited in spatial scale …