Climate change and cascading risks from infectious disease

JC Semenza, J Rocklöv, KL Ebi - Infectious diseases and therapy, 2022 - Springer
Climate change is adversely affecting the burden of infectious disease throughout the world,
which is a health security threat. Climate-sensitive infectious disease includes vector-borne …

Controlling ticks and tick-borne diseases… looking forward

J de la Fuente - Ticks and tick-borne diseases, 2018 - Elsevier
Tick-borne diseases (TBDs) represent a growing burden for human and animal health
worldwide. Several approaches including the use of chemicals with repellency and …

Ticks on the move—climate change-induced range shifts of three tick species in Europe: current and future habitat suitability for Ixodes ricinus in comparison with …

S Cunze, G Glock, J Kochmann, S Klimpel - Parasitology research, 2022 - Springer
Tick-borne diseases are a major health problem worldwide and could become even more
important in Europe in the future. Due to changing climatic conditions, ticks are assumed to …

Lyme disease risks in Europe under multiple uncertain drivers of change

S Li, L Gilbert, SO Vanwambeke, J Yu… - Environmental …, 2019 - ehp.niehs.nih.gov
Background: Debates over whether climate change could lead to the amplification of Lyme
disease (LD) risk in the future have received much attention. Although recent large-scale …

Host preferences support the prominent role of Hyalomma ticks in the ecology of Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever

JR Spengler, A Estrada-Peña - PLoS neglected tropical diseases, 2018 - journals.plos.org
Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever virus (CCHFV) is a tick-borne zoonotic agent that is
maintained in nature in an enzootic vertebrate-tick-vertebrate cycle. Hyalomma genus ticks …

Genetic analysis challenges the presence of Ixodes inopinatus in Central Europe: development of a multiplex PCR to distinguish I. inopinatus from I. ricinus

K Hrazdilova, O Danek, A Hrbatova, B Cervena… - Parasites & …, 2023 - Springer
Background Ixodes ricinus is an important vector of several pathogens, primarily in Europe.
Recently, Ixodes inopinatus was described from Spain, Portugal, and North Africa and then …

Tick infestation on medium–large-sized mammalian hosts: are all equally suitable to Ixodes ricinus adults?

A Mysterud, C Hügli, H Viljugrein - Parasites & vectors, 2021 - Springer
Abstract Background In Europe, the generalist tick, Ixodes ricinus, is the main vector of
several tick-borne pathogens causing diseases in humans and livestock. Understanding …

Models for studying the distribution of ticks and tick-borne diseases in animals: a systematic review and a meta-analysis with a focus on Africa

OM Zannou, AS Ouedraogo, AS Biguezoton, E Abatih… - Pathogens, 2021 - mdpi.com
Ticks and tick-borne diseases (TTBD) are constraints to the development of livestock and
induce potential human health problems. The worldwide distribution of ticks is not …

Citizen science on lyme borreliosis in Spain reveals disease-associated risk factors and control interventions

J de la Fuente, A Estrada-Peña, C Gortázar… - Vector-Borne and …, 2023 - liebertpub.com
Background: Lyme borreliosis (LB) caused by Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato complex
spirochetes is one of the tick-borne diseases with high prevalence and social/economic …

High throughput discovery and characterization of tick and pathogen vaccine protective antigens using vaccinomics with intelligent Big Data analytic techniques

J De La Fuente, M Villar, A Estrada-Peña… - Expert review of …, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
Introduction: The incidence of tick-borne diseases (TBDs) is growing worldwide, and
vaccines appear as the most effective and environmentally sound intervention for the …