The zoonosis Q fever is caused by the obligate intracellular bacterium Coxiella burnetii.
Besides the main transmission route via inhalation of contaminated aerosols, ticks are …

Francisella tularensis, the causative agent of the zoonotic disease tularemia, is
characterized by high morbidity and mortality rates in over 190 different mammalian species …

Lyme borreliosis is the most common zoonotic disease transmitted by ticks in Europe and
North America. Despite having multiple tick vectors, the causative agent, Borrelia burgdorferi …

Background In order to evaluate the risk of human exposure to tick-borne pathogens in
Belgium, a study on the prevalence of several pathogens was conducted on feeding ticks …

In north-western Europe, the common tick, Ixodes ricinus, is widely established, its
distribution appears to be increasing and the spread of tick-borne diseases is of increasing …

The impact of tick-borne diseases caused by pathogens such as Anaplasma
phagocytophilum, Neoehrlichia mikurensis, Borrelia miyamotoi, Rickettsia helvetica and …

Tick-borne pathogens cause diseases in animals and humans, and tick-borne disease
incidence is increasing in many parts of the world. There is a need to assess the distribution …

The most common tick-borne human disease in Norway is Lyme borreliosis. Ticks in Norway
also harbour less known disease-causing agents such as Candidatus Neoehrlichia …

Background The knowledge regarding the occurrence and the clinical implications of tick-
borne infections in immunosuppressed patients living in tick-endemic areas is limited …

Ticks transmit a large number of pathogens capable of causing human disease. In this study,
the PCR-reverse line blot (RLB) method was used to screen for pathogens in a total of 554 …