Flaviviruses are vector-borne RNA viruses that can emerge unexpectedly in human
populations and cause a spectrum of potentially severe diseases including hepatitis …

Lyme disease (also known as Lyme borreliosis) is the most common vector-borne disease in
the United States with an estimated 476,000 cases per year. While historically, the long-term …

Tick-borne encephalitis virus (TBEV) is an important arbovirus, which is found across large
parts of Eurasia and is considered to be a major health risk for humans. Like any other …

The tick-borne pathogen Powassan virus is a rare cause of encephalitis in North America
and the Russian Far East. The number of documented cases described since the discovery …

Abstract Background The blacklegged tick Ixodes scapularis transmits Borrelia burgdorferi
(sensu stricto) in eastern North America; however, the agent of Lyme disease is not the sole …

Background. Powassan virus (POWV) is a rarely diagnosed cause of encephalitis in the
United States. In the Northeast, it is transmitted by Ixodes scapularis, the same vector that …

Powassan virus is an emerging tick-borne virus of concern for public health, but very little is
known about its transmission patterns and ecology. Here, we expanded the genomic dataset …

Ticks carry a wide range of known human and animal pathogens and are postulated to carry
others with the potential to cause disease. Here we report a discovery effort wherein …

Ixodes scapularis is the most medically important tick species and transmits five of the 14
reportable human tick borne disease (TBD) agents in the USA. This study describes LC …

Powassan virus lineage 2 (deer tick virus) is an emergent threat to American public health,
causing severe neurologic disease. Its life cycle in nature remains poorly understood. We …