The global climate has been changing over the last century due to greenhouse gas
emissions and will continue to change over this century, accelerating without effective global …

There has been considerable debate as to whether global risk from vector-borne diseases
will be impacted by climate change. This has focussed on important mosquito-borne …

The incidence of tick-borne diseases has increased in recent decades and accounts for the
majority of vector-borne disease cases in temperate areas of Europe, North America, and …

The evidence that climate warming is changing the distribution of Ixodes ticks and the
pathogens they transmit is reviewed and evaluated. The primary approaches are either …

Zoonotic diseases are major causes of infection related morbidity and mortality worldwide.
Of the various arthropods capable of transmitting pathogens that cause such diseases to …

Lyme disease has increased both in incidence and geographic extent in the United States
and Canada over the past two decades. One of the underlying causes is changes during the …

Background: The extent to which climate change may affect human health by increasing risk
from vector-borne diseases has been under considerable debate. Objectives: We quantified …

Circadian rhythms influence most of our life activities, notably getting up and going to sleep
every day. The new edition of this book delves into the mechanisms surrounding how these …

In the United States (US), tick-borne diseases (TBDs) have more than doubled in the past
fifteen years and are a major contributor to the overall burden of vector-borne diseases. The …

Recent advances in climate research together with a better understanding of tick–pathogen
interactions, the distribution of ticks and the diagnosis of tick-borne pathogens raise …