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 …

Ticks are important human and animal parasites and vectors of many infectious disease
agents. Control of tick activity is an effective tool to reduce the risk of contracting tick …

Lyme disease is the most commonly reported vector-borne disease in the United States and
is transmitted by Ixodes scapularis in the eastern US and I. pacificus in the west. The …

Borrelia miyamotoi is classified as a relapsing fever spirochete. Although B. miyamotoi is
genetically and ecologically distinct from Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato, both …

Most tick‐related studies in Europe have been conducted in nonurban areas, but ticks and
tick‐borne pathogens also occur in urban green spaces. From a public health perspective …

Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever (CCHF) is the most widely distributed tick-borne viral
disease in humans and is caused by the Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever virus …

Lyme disease is a complex tick-borne zoonosis that poses an escalating public health threat
in several parts of the world, despite sophisticated healthcare infrastructure and decades of …

Dermacentor reticulatus ticks are sporadically removed from human skin and therefore the
medical consequences of their feeding are neglected compared to Ixodes ricinus. We …

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 …

Ticks are important vectors of numerous pathogens of medical and veterinary significance.
The aim of the current study was to determine the prevalence of Babesia spp. and Borrelia …