Disease-transmitting vectors are living organisms that pass infectious agents from one
animal/human to another. The epidemiologically important vectors are usually …

Background Ticks are important medical arthropods that can transmit hundreds of
pathogens, such as parasites, bacteria, and viruses, leading to serious public health …

Ticks are blood-feeding arthropods that require heme for their successful reproduction.
During feeding they also acquire pathogens that are subsequently transmitted to humans …

Arthropod-borne pathogens are responsible for hundreds of millions of infections in humans
each year. The blacklegged tick, Ixodes scapularis, is the predominant arthropod vector in …

Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato causes Lyme borreliosis in a variety of animals and humans.
These atypical bacterial pathogens are maintained in a complex enzootic life cycle that …

Ixodes scapula ris is a medically important tick that transmits several microbes to humans,
including rickettsial pathogen Anaplasma phagocytophilum. In nature, these ticks encounter …

The South African bont tick Amblyomma hebraeum is a hematophagous vector for the
heartwater disease pathogen Ehrlichia ruminantium in southern Africa. During feeding, the …

Borrelia species are amino acid auxotrophs that utilize di-and tri-peptides obtained through
their oligopeptide transport system to supply amino acids for replicative growth during their …

The invasive Asian longhorned tick Haemaphysalis longicornis that vectors and transmits
several animal pathogens is significantly expanding in the United States. Recent studies …

Neuropeptides are small signaling molecules expressed in the tick central nervous system,
ie, the synganglion. The neuronal-like Ixodes scapularis embryonic cell line, ISE6, is an …