Simple Summary Central America is a region that possesses distinct ecological and
socioeconomic characteristics, making it increasingly vulnerable to vector-borne diseases …

There are plenty of reasons to believe that parasite populations will respond to biodiversity
loss, warming, pollution, and other forms of global change. But will global change enhance …

Abstract Ixodes ricinus ticks (Acari: Ixodidae) are the most important vector for Lyme
borreliosis in Europe. As climate change might affect their distributions and activities, this …

RESEARCH both pathogens are maintained in blacklegged tick (Ixodes scapularis)–rodent
cycles (14, 15). We investigated the role of birds in the urban ecology of tick-borne zoonotic …

Birds are important in the maintenance and spread of ticks and tick-borne diseases. In this
context we screened birds in the Atlantic forest north of the São Francisco River and …

Vector species richness may drive the prevalence of vector-borne diseases by influencing
pathogen transmission rates. The dilution effect hypothesis predicts that higher biodiversity …

The Americas hold the greatest bird diversity worldwide. Likewise, ectoparasite diversity is
remarkable, including ticks of the Argasidae and Ixodidae families–commonly associated …

Brazilian wild birds are recognized as frequent and important hosts for immature stages of
more than half of the 32 recognized species of Amblyomma ticks recorded in that country …

Wild birds have an important role as hosts of ticks infected by rickettsiae. However, the role
of birds as reservoirs of tick-borne rickettsiae is unknown and poorly understood. This is …

The intense process of deforestation in tropical forests poses serious challenges for the
survival of biodiversity, as well as for the human species itself. This scenario is supported by …