Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever virus (CCHFV) is transmitted to humans by bite of
infected ticks or by direct contact with blood or tissues of viremic patients or animals. It …

It has been over twenty years since the first vaccines for the control of tick infestations
became commercially available. These vaccines proved their efficacy and the potential of …

On 4 August 2011, United Nations Environment Program (UNEP) submitted an
unprecedented, scientific, groundbreaking environmental assessment report (EAR) on …

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

Background Knowledge on the capacity of Australian ticks to carry Borrelia species is
currently limited or missing. To evaluate the potential of ticks to carry bacterial pathogens …

Anaplasma phagocytophilum is an emerging tick-borne pathogen causing human
granulocytic anaplasmosis (HGA), tick-borne fever (TBF) in small ruminants, and other forms …

Ticks, pathogens, and vertebrates interact in a background of environmental features that
regulate the densities of ticks and vertebrates, affecting their contact rates and thence the …

Anaplasma phagocytophilum transmembrane and surface proteins play a role during
infection and multiplication in host neutrophils and tick vector cells. Recently, A …

Improvements to risk assessments are needed to enhance our understanding of tick-borne
disease epidemiology. We review tick vectors and duration of tick attachment required for …

Albania is a Balkan country endemic for Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever (CCHF). It was
shown previously that CCHF virus (CCHFV) sequences from Albanian patients cluster into …