Over recent years, a multitude of pathogens have been reported to be tick-borne. Given this,
it is unsurprising that these might co-exist within the same tick, however our understanding …

Ticks are obligate hematophagous arthropods of significant importance to human and
veterinary medicine. They transmit a vast array of pathogens, including bacteria, viruses …

Ecological factors, host characteristics and/or interactions among microbes may all shape
the occurrence of microbes and the structure of microbial communities within organisms. In …

Experimental infections with different pathogen strains give insight into pathogen life history
traits. The purpose of the present study was to compare variation in tissue infection …

I. ricinus is an obligate hematophagous parasitic arthropod that is responsible for the
transmission of a wide range of zoonotic pathogens including spirochetes of the genus …

Four genospecies from the Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato complex were detected in Ixodes
persulcatus and Ixodes pavlovskyi ticks from Siberia and genetically characterized. The …

Small wild mammals are an important element in the emergence and transmission of vector-
borne pathogens (VBPs). Among these species, hedgehogs have been found to be a …

Presently, it is uncertain to what extent seasonal migrating birds contribute to the
introduction of ticks and tick-associated pathogens in Denmark. To quantify this …

Abstract Deer keds (Diptera: Hippoboscidae: Lipoptena Nitzsch, 1818 and Neolipoptena
Bequaert, 1942) are parasitic flies that primarily attack cervids and occasionally bite …

Theileria orientalis Ikeda has caused an epidemic of bovine anemia and abortion across
several US states. This apicomplexan hemoparasite is transmitted by Haemaphysalis …