Increases in tick-borne disease prevalence and transmission are important public health
issues. Efforts to control these emerging diseases are frustrated by the struggle to control tick …

Ticks are the most important vectors of human pathogens, leading to increased public health
burdens worldwide. Tick-borne pathogens include viruses (eg tick-borne encephalitis and …

In the United States, the blacklegged tick, Ixodes scapularis, is a vector of seven human
pathogens, including those causing Lyme disease, anaplasmosis, babesiosis, Borrelia …

Ticks are a major group of arthropod vectors, characterized by the diversity of pathogens
they transmit, by their impact on human and animal health, and by their socioeconomic …

Tick-borne diseases represent major public and animal health issues worldwide. Ixodes
ricinus, primarily associated with deciduous and mixed forests, is the principal vector of …

Importance Lyme disease, human granulocytic anaplasmosis (HGA), and babesiosis are
emerging tick-borne infections. Objective To provide an update on diagnosis, treatment, and …

Babesiosis is an emerging tick-borne disease caused by intraerythrocytic protozoa that are
primarily transmitted by hard-bodied (ixodid) ticks and rarely through blood transfusion …

Background Lyme borreliosis is the most common tick-borne disease in the northern
hemisphere. It is a multisystem disease caused by Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato …

Ixodes ticks maintain a large and diverse array of human pathogens in the enzootic cycle,
including Borrelia burgdorferi and Babesia microti. Despite the poor ecological fitness of B …

Tick-borne infections in humans have been recognized in the United States for more than a
century. Following the description of the agent of Rocky Mountain spotted fever in 1906, 1 …