Increases in tick-borne disease prevalence and transmission are important public health
issues. Efforts to control these emerging diseases are frustrated by the struggle to control tick …

Anaplasma phagocytophilum is an emerging, Gram-negative, obligate intracellular
pathogen that is transmitted by a tick vector. Human infection ranges from asymptomatic to …

Ticks transmit the most diverse array of infectious agents of any arthropod vector. Both ticks
and the microbes they transmit are recognized as significant threats to human and veterinary …

Cats and dogs are treated as family members by most pet owners. Therefore, a high quality
of veterinary care and preventive medicine is imperative for animal health and welfare and …

Tick-borne diseases have doubled in the last 12 years, and their geographic distribution has
spread as well. The clinical spectrum of tick-borne diseases can range from asymptomatic to …

Macrophages play an integral role in host defenses against intracellular bacterial
pathogens. A remarkable plasticity allows for adaptation to the needs of the host to …

The increasing incidence and range expansion of tick-borne diseases have caused global
threats to human and animal health under the background of climate and socioeconomic …

Anaplasma phagocytophilum is the etiologic agent of the emerging infection, granulocytic
anaplasmosis. This obligate intracellular bacterium lives in a host cell-derived vacuole that …

The major causative agent is Ehrlichia canis, a gram-negative, obligate intracellular,
pleomorphic bacterium of the genus Ehrlichia, which infects monocytes, macrophages and …

We used national sentinel surveillance data in China for 2005–2016 to examine the lineage-
specific epidemiology of influenza B. Influenza B viruses circulated every year with relatively …