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 …

As long-term pool feeders, ticks have developed myriad strategies to remain discreetly but
solidly attached to their hosts for the duration of their blood meal. The critical biological …

We have killed wild animals for obtaining food and decimated forests for many reasons.
Nowadays, we are burning fossil fuels as never before and even exploring petroleum in …

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 …

Determining patterns of host use, and the frequency at which these patterns change, are of
key importance if we are to understand tick population dynamics, the evolution of tick …

Hybridization of parasites is an emerging public health concern in our changing world.
Hybridization and introgression in parasites and pathogens can have major impacts on the …

The geographic ranges of ticks and tick-borne pathogens are changing due to global and
local environmental (including climatic) changes. In this review we explore current …

Although ticks prevalent in various agro-systems of Pakistan are associated with economic
losses, information is still missing about the tick's diversity, hosts they infest, seasonal …

Background: With climate change, mean annual air temperatures are getting hotter and
extreme weather events will become more and more common in most parts of the world …