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 …

Ticks are of vast medical and veterinary public health importance due to direct damage
caused by feeding and their roles in transmitting well known and emerging infectious …

Ticks are ectoparasitic arthropods that necessarily feed on the blood of their vertebrate
hosts. The success of blood acquisition depends on the pharmacological properties of tick …

Ticks are unique among hematophagous arthropods by continuous attachment to host skin
and blood feeding for days; complexity and diversity of biologically active molecules …

Ticks have an unparalleled ability to parasitize diverse land vertebrates. Their natural
persistence and vector competence are supported by the evolution of sophisticated …

Ticks, as a group, are second only to mosquitoes as vectors of pathogens to humans and
are the primary vector for pathogens of livestock, companion animals, and wildlife. The role …

Ticks are among the most significant blood-sucking arthropods worldwide. They transmit
various pathogens that can cause disease and death in people, domesticated animals, and …

Ticks require blood meal to complete development and reproduction. Multifunctional tick
salivary glands play a pivotal role in tick feeding and transmission of pathogens. Tick …

This review focuses on some of the more ground-shifting advances of recent decades,
particularly those at the molecular and cellular level that illuminate mechanisms …

Ticks transmit a greater variety of pathogenic agents that cause disease in humans and
animals than any other haematophagous arthropod, including Lyme disease, Rocky …