Dogs and cats play an important role as reservoirs of vector-borne pathogens, yet reports of
canine and feline vector-borne diseases in Saudi Arabia are scarce. Blood samples were …

The medical and veterinary public health importance of ticks and tick-borne pathogens is
increasing due to the expansion of the geographic ranges of both ticks and pathogens …

Introduction: The incidence of tick-borne diseases (TBDs) is growing worldwide, and
vaccines appear as the most effective and environmentally sound intervention for the …

Background Ticks are the primary vectors of emerging and resurging pathogens of public
health significance worldwide. Analyzing tick bacterial composition, diversity, and …

An innovative metaomics approach integrating metatranscriptomics and metaproteomics
was used to characterize bacterial communities in the microbiota of the Lyme borreliosis …

Vector‐borne diseases constitute a major global health burden and are increasing in
geographic range and prevalence. Mounting evidence has demonstrated that the vector …

Ticks are important disease vectors, as they transmit a variety of human and animal
pathogens worldwide. Symbionts that coevolved with ticks confer crucial benefits to their …

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 …

Ticks transmit a wide variety of pathogens including bacteria, parasites and viruses. Over the
last decade, numerous novel viruses have been described in arthropods, including ticks …

Background Vector-borne viral diseases threaten human and wildlife worldwide. Vectors are
often viewed as a passive syringe injecting the virus. However, to survive, replicate and …