Ticks are obligate hematophagous arthropods of significant importance to human and
veterinary medicine. They transmit a vast array of pathogens, including bacteria, viruses …

Ticks have complex life cycles which involve blood-feeding stages found on wild and
domestic animals, with humans as accidental hosts. At each blood-feeding stage, ticks can …

Ticks transmit a greater diversity of viral, bacterial, and protozoan diseases than any other
arthropod vector on earth (Jongejan and Uilenberg, 2004; IOM, 2011). Through 2014, at …

Despite the high burden of vector-borne disease in (sub) tropical areas, few information are
available regarding the diversity of tick and tick-borne pathogens circulating in the …

Abstract In the United States, ticks transmit the greatest diversity of arthropod-borne
pathogens and are responsible for the most cases of all vector-borne diseases. In recent …

Ticks are responsible for transmission of multiple bacterial, parasitic and viral diseases. Tick-
borne diseases (TBDs) occur particularly in tropical and also subtropical areas. The …

Wildlife vertebrate hosts are integral to enzootic cycles of tick-borne pathogens, and in some
cases have played key roles in the recent rise of ticks and tick-borne diseases in North …

Ticks of Trinidad and Tobago: An Overview explores tick species prevalent in Trinidad and
Tobago (T&T), their distribution, associated pathogens, their effects on the host, and control …

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 …

Ticks and the pathogens they transmit constitute a growing burden for human and animal
health worldwide. Traditionally, tick-borne pathogen detection has been carried out using …