Borrelia miyamotoi is classified as a relapsing fever spirochete. Although B. miyamotoi is
genetically and ecologically distinct from Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato, both …

Ixodes ricinus is the most important tick vector in central and western Europe and one of the
most researched parasites. However, in the published literature on the tick and the …

Despite the increasingly recognized eco-epidemiological importance of ticks as vectors for
numerous zoonotic pathogens in urban areas, data regarding the pathogen diversity and co …

Neoehrlichia mikurensis is an intracellular bacterium transmitted in Europe and Asia by ticks
of the Ixodes ricinus complex. Interest in this bacterium has increased since it was …

Ticks and tick-borne diseases have spread over the last decades. In parallel, the incidence
in humans, accidental hosts for most of these zoonotic diseases, has increased. This …

In this study, we assessed the presence of vector-borne microorganisms in different species
of fleas collected from different hosts in diverse areas of South-Western Europe by molecular …

Wolbachia are intracellular endosymbionts of several invertebrate taxa, including insects
and nematodes. Although Wolbachia DNA has been detected in ticks, its presence is …

Abstract Hard ticks (Acari: Ixodidae) have been historically identified by morphological
methods which require highly specialized expertise and more recently by DNA-based …

Zoonotic Babesia species are emerging public health threats globally, and are the cause of
a mild to severe malaria-like disease which may be life threatening in immunocompromised …

Climate change is causing many vectors of infectious diseases to expand their geographic
distribution as well as the pathogens they transmit are also conditioned by temperature for …