Ticks and Tick-Borne Diseases

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Editorial Board	143
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Amblyomma ticks in animal carcasses hunted in Mapinguari National Park, Western Amazon, Brazil: New records on species and host-parasite relationships	88
Corrigendum to “Various small mammal hosts are involved in the transmission cycle of zoonotic Anaplasma phagocytophilum in Southeastern Canada” [Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases (2025) Volume 16, Issue 6	61
Tick (Acari: Ixodoidea) fauna and zoogeographic division of Jiangxi Province, China	47
Seroprevalence and seroconversion of Lyme borreliosis among tick-bitten individuals: A multi-assay serosurveillance study	46
Trypanosoma vespertilionis detected but not Spiroplasma ixodetis in Carios vespertilionis (short-legged bat ticks) collected in Sweden	45
Microbial network stability, not diversity, drives colonization resistance against Borrelia afzelii in Ixodes ricinus ticks	37
Evaluation of Theileria equi vertical transmission rate and routes in a cohort of asymptomatic mares and their foals	36
Genetic diversity of equine piroplasmosis agents in Guadeloupe (Caribbeans): first report of Theileria haneyi, evaluation of diagnostic tools and impact of horse movement	35
Quantitative detection of Theileria haneyi in South African horses	35
Emerging neurotropic tick-borne flavivirus infections in goats and wild ungulates in the Italian Alps	34
Detection of multiple novel viruses in argasid and ixodid ticks in Mexico	33
Theileria equi sensu lato genetic diversity and phylogeny: new insights from mitochondrion, apicoplast and nucleus multilocus gene analysis	33
The importance of the tortoise tick Hyalomma aegyptium as a carrier of bacterial agents on a wide range	32
Genetic diversity in Babesia bovis from southern Africa and estimation of B. bovis infection levels in cattle using an optimised quantitative PCR assay	31
Long-term sequelae after tick-borne encephalitis in Germany: a nationwide claims-based matched cohort study	29
An insight into the ovary and midgut transcriptome of Dermacentor nitens tick	28
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Hard ticks (Acari: Ixodidae) parasitizing bushbabies (Mammalia: Galagidae) in a biodiversity hotspot of northern South Africa	28
Ehrlichia ruminantium (Ehrlichiaceae) infection rates and genotyping in Amblyomma species from southern Africa	27
Growth dynamics and tissue localization of a Coxiella-like endosymbiont in the tick Haemaphysalis longicornis	26
Canine ehrlichiosis in Northern Australia: A sensitivity and elasticity analysis of R0	25
The utility of a maximum entropy species distribution model for Ixodes scapularis in predicting the public health risk of Lyme disease in Ontario, Canada	24
Argas ticks (Ixodida: Argasidae) on migratory birds from Africa: first record of a genotype close to Argas africolumbae in Italy	24

Risk factors for tick infestation and equine Piroplasmosis infection among draught horses in France	24
Detection of Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato DNA in cerebrospinal fluid samples following pre-enrichment culture	23
Epidemiological compatibility of Amblyomma sculptum as possible vector and Panthera onca as reservoir of Cytauxzoon spp. in Midwestern Brazil	23
Tick-borne diseases under the radar in the North Sea Region	23
Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato inhibits CIITA transcription through pSTAT3 activation and enhanced SOCS1 and SOCS3 expression leading to limited IFN-γ production	22
The structure and behavioral patterns of the human population affected by ixodid tick bites in Irkutsk Region, Eastern Siberia, Russia	22
Phlebovirus diversity in ticks from livestock in arid ecologies in Kenya	21
Ornithodoros kalahariensis, a potential vector for Candidatus Borrelia kalaharica	21
Evaluation of tick salivary and midgut extracellular vesicles as anti-tick vaccines in White-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus)	21
Detection of Babesia species in questing Ixodes ricinus ticks in England and Wales	21
The case of Mediterranean spotted fever of the traveler returned from Zambia	20
A new species of tick, Ixodes (Ixodes) mojavensis (Acari: Ixodidae), from the Amargosa Valley of California	19
Cervids and raccoon dogs as wildlife sentinels for the geographical distribution of tick-borne encephalitis virus and Francisella tularensis in Denmark	19
Rickettsioses in Colombia during the 20th century: A historical review	19
Unusual increase in tularemia incidence in Alsace, Northeastern France in 2024	19
Seroprevalence of Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato and incidence of Lyme borreliosis in Switzerland	18
Knowledge, attitudes, and practices for tick bite prevention and tick control among residents of Long Island, New York, USA	18
An official South African species checklist from the National Tick Collection of South Africa (Gertrud Theiler Tick Museum)	18
Seroprevalence of Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever virus among people living with HIV in Brazzaville, Congo and among blood donors in Bamako, Mali	18
Reply by AEP to the response	18
Structural studies of chromosomally encoded outer surface lipoprotein BB0158 from Borrelia burgdorferi sensu stricto	18
Frequency of tick bites and associated care-seeking behaviors in the United States	17
Seasonal changes in questing efficiency of wild Amblyomma americanum (Acari: Ixodidae) nymphs	17
Detection and phylogenetic analysis of Dabieshan tick virus and Okutama tick virus in ticks collected from Cape Toi, Japan	17
Clobetasol increases the abundance of Borrelia burgdorferi in the skin 70 times more in male mice compared to female mice	17
Rickettsia spp. in Rhipicephalus sanguineus sensu lato ticks collected from stray dogs in Kerman city, Iran	16
High-throughput screening of pathogens in Ixodes ricinus removed from hosts in Lombardy, northern Italy	16
Description of a novel Babesia sp. genotype from a naturally infected Eurasian lynx (Lynx lynx) in Anatolia, Turkey, with remarks on its morphology and phylogenetic relation to other piroplasmid speci	16
Two novel Ehrlichia (Rickettsiales: Anaplasmataceae) strains detected in ticks (Ixodida, Ixodidae) and opossums (Didelphimorphia: Didelphidae) in Argentina	16
Exploring the diversity of Rickettsia in carnivores of the Brazilian cerrado: An analysis of the relationship with ticks	16
Estimation of medically-attended LB incidence in Norway, Finland and Poland using data from national surveillance and published literature	16
A next generation sequencing assay combining Ixodes species identification with pathogen detection to support tick surveillance efforts in the United States	16
Molecular investigation of tick-borne pathogens from different regions of Morocco	16
Natural Panola Mountain Ehrlichia infections in cattle in a longitudinal study of Angus beef calves	16
Tick-borne diseases in the North Sea region–A comprehensive overview and recommendations for diagnostics and treatment	16
Tick-borne pathogens in a nature reserve area in the Netherlands: serological and molecular assessments in large herbivores and Ixodes ricinus ticks	15
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Tick-borne pathogens in camels: A systematic review and meta-analysis of the prevalence in dromedaries	15
Prevalence of Rickettsia species phylotype G022 and Rickettsia tillamookensis in Ixodes pacificus nymphs and adults from Northern California	15
Exploring spotted-fever and typhus group rickettsiae seroprevalence and associated risk factors among rural inhabitants from Cauca department, Colombia	15
Sympatric occurrence of Ixodes ricinus, Haemaphysalis concinna and Haemaphysalis inermis in a wild fauna reserve	15
Novel variants of tick-borne encephalitis virus from patient and tick samples in Norway	15
Tick maps on the virtual globe: First results using the example of Dermacentor reticulatus	14
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Climate drivers of tick-borne encephalitis in the Veneto Region, Italy, 2007–2024	14
Tick abundance and diversity are substantially lower in thinned vs. unthinned forests in the New Jersey Pinelands National Reserve, USA	14
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The inoculation eschar of Rickettsia parkeri rickettsiosis in Brazil: Importance and cautions	14
Comparison of the efficacy of different methods to apply acaricides for control of Rhipicephalus (Boophilus) microplus	14
Molecular detection of Borrelia sp. in Ornithodoros cavernicolous (Acari: Argasidae) in midwestern Brazil	14

Evaluation of the association between climate warming and the spread and proliferation of Ixodes scapularis in northern states in the Eastern United States	14
An assessment of the possible recent establishment of Hyalomma rufipes in Hungary	14
Risk of heart failure among individuals tested for Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato antibodies, and serum Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato seropositive individuals; a nationwide population-based, regist	14
Mapping the risk of exposure to Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever virus in the Iberian Peninsula using Eurasian wild boar (Sus scrofa) as a model	14
Not all trophozoites are malaria: A case of babesiosis in a traveler from the USA	14
Rhipicephalus microplus voraxin-alpha contains B-cell epitopes that reduce ticks’ biological fitness in immunized cattle	14
Rotational and selective protocols using acaricides to control a multi-resistant strain of Rhipicephalus microplus under field conditions in Southern Brazil	14
Molecular survey of Rickettsia spp. in ticks infesting wild animals in six departments in Colombia	14
Tribute to Prof. Dr. Thomas Gustav Tore Jaenson, Uppsala University, Sweden	14
Epidemiological study on the prevalence of Anaplasma ovis infection in Aragón, Spain	14
Immunization of guinea pigs with cement extract induces resistance against Ixodes scapularis ticks	13
Corrigendum to “Disentangling complex disease ecology networks: Using structural equation modelling to quantify the direct and indirect effects of deer on Lyme borreliosis hazard” [Ticks and Tick-born	13
Geographic variation in the distribution of Anaplasma phagocytophilum variants in host-seeking Ixodes scapularis nymphs and adults in the eastern United States elucidated using next generation sequenc	13
First record of Haemaphysalis concinna (Acari: Ixodidae) tick in the Khalkh Numrug basin of Eastern Mongolia	13
Midgut-specific vitellogenin-1 is involved in the negative regulation of Babesia ovata migration or proliferation in Haemaphysalis longicornis tissues	13
Amblyomma sparsum Neumann 1899 on migratory birds from Africa: First records in Italy	13
First molecular detection of Anaplasma marginale, Babesia bovis, and hemotropic Mycoplasma spp. in bovine colostrum	13
Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato infection in Ixodes ricinus ticks in urban green areas in Prague	13
Willingness to pay for residential property-based and community-based tick control methods in Lyme disease-endemic areas of the Upper Midwest, United States	12
Rapid invasion and expansion of the Asian longhorned tick (Haemaphysalis longicornis) into a new area on Long Island, New York, USA	12
Multilocus genetic analysis indicates taxonomic status of “Candidatus Rickettsia mendelii” as a separate basal group	12
Quantitative proteomic analysis of salivary glands in female Ornithodoros lahorensis (syn. Alveonasus lahorensis) after blood feeding via DIA-coupled LC-MS/MS	12
Evaluating spatial and temporal patterns of tick exposure in the United States using community science data submitted through a smartphone application	12
DNA of Ehrlichia muris, hyperendemicity of Babesia microti in Ixodes ricinus and age-related detection of nuclear mitochondrial DNA (NUMTs) in Dermacentor reticulatus from an urban, marshy biotope of	12
Hyalomma aegyptium: Observed global distribution, imported specimens, preferred hosts and vector competence	12
Book review “Climate, Ticks and Disease” edited by Pat Nuttall	12
Insights into the contribution of multiple factors on Ixodes ricinus abundance across Europe spanning 20 years using different machine learning algorithms	12
In vitro acaricidal activity of essential oils and their binary mixtures against ixodes scapularis (Acari: Ixodidae)	12
The essential role of a single PEPCK isoform is presented as a target for disrupting tick embryogenesis	12
New rules for the submission of review articles to Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases	12
First molecular confirmation of multiple zoonotic vector-borne diseases in pet dogs and cats of Hong Kong SAR	12
Identification of ticks from North of Italy by MALDI-TOF MS	11
Corrigendum to “Effective control of severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome in Daishan County, a former epicenter in Zhejiang Province, Southeast China” [Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases 16 (2025) 1	11
Biological control of ticks in domestic environments: Modeling the potential impact of entomopathogenic fungi on the transmission of East Coast fever in cattle	11
Regional and demographic patterns of seroprevalence of Borrelia burgdorferi IgG and IgM antibodies in blood donors in Austria	11
First screening for tick-borne pathogens in Chinese Milu deer (Elaphurus davidianus)	11
Voles, shrews and red squirrels as sources of tick blood meals and tick-borne pathogens on an island in southwestern Finland	11
Circulation of four species of Anaplasmataceae bacteria in ticks in Harbin, northeastern China	11
Propagation of Encephalitozoon cuniculi in tick cell lines supports the plausibility of possible tick-mediated transmission of this microsporidian	11
Pathogen screening in ticks impacted by microbial reference genomes	11
Environmental and host factors underlying tick-borne virus infection in wild animals: Investigation of the emerging Yezo virus in Hokkaido, Japan	11
Nation-wide surveillance of tick (Acari: Ixodidae) infestations of humans in Singapore	11
Exploring the influence of host community composition on the outbreak potential of Anaplasma phagocytophilum and Borrelia burgdorferi s.l.	11
Subolesin gene structure and mRNA isoform diversity in South African R. microplus ticks: Relevance for understanding subolesin-based tick vaccines	11
An ecological approach to predict areas with established populations of Ixodes scapularis in Quebec, Canada	11
Candidatus Lariskella arthopodarum endosymbiont is the main factor differentiating the microbiome communities of female and male Borrelia-positive Ixodes persulcatus ticks	11
Presence and identity of Babesia microti in Ireland	11
Spatiotemporal dynamics of Ixodes ricinus abundance in northern Spain	11
Equine piroplasmosis in different geographical areas in France: Prevalence heterogeneity of asymptomatic carriers and low genetic diversity of Theileria equi and Babesia caballi	11
Cytauxzoon felis in salivary glands of Amblyomma americanum	11
Functional analysis of Rickettsia monacensis strain humboldt folA dihydrofolate reductase gene via complementation assay	11
New insight into the tick neuronal nicotinic acetylcholine receptors: from molecular to pharmacological studies	11
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Borrelia circulating in soft ticks infesting colonial breeding seabirds along the Portuguese coast	10
Perceived vulnerability for Lyme disease questionnaire: A social science tool for understanding tick-borne disease attitudes	10
Impact of green space connectivity on urban tick presence, density and Borrelia infected ticks in different habitats and seasons in three cities in southern England	10
Is there Lyme borreliosis in French Guiana? Descriptive study among patients referred for a suspected Lyme borreliosis in an Amazonian hospital between 2010 and 2022	10
Absence of Coxiella burnetii in kangaroo ticks (Amblyomma triguttatum) from a high seroprevalence population of eastern grey kangaroos	10
A mutation associated with resistance to synthetic pyrethroids is widespread in US populations of the tropical lineage of Rhipicephalus sanguineus s.l	10
Quantifying the direct and indirect effects of sika deer (Cervus nippon) on the prevalence of infection with Rickettsia in questing Haemaphysalis megaspinosa: A field experimental study	10
Predicting distributions of blacklegged ticks (Ixodes scapularis), Lyme disease spirochetes (Borrelia burgdorferi sensu stricto) and human Lyme disease cases in the eastern United States	10
Pathogens in ticks collected in Israel: II. Bacteria and protozoa found in Rhipicephalus sanguineus sensu lato and Rhipicephalus turanicus	10
Diversity of Rickettsia spp. in ticks from wild mammals of Morocco and Mauritania	10
Obituary. James Edward Keirans (1935-2023)	10
Discriminating between Lyme neuroborreliosis and other central nervous system infections by use of biomarkers CXCL13 and IL-6	10
Tick species infesting humans in the United States	10
Orally delivered fipronil-laced bait reduces juvenile blacklegged tick (Ixodes scapularis) burdens on wild white-footed mice (Peromyscus leucopus)	10
Molecular characteristics and geographical distribution of Rickettsiales bacteria along Inner Mongolia’s ecological gradient	10
Erratum to “Natural antibodies induced by host gut microbiota modulate tick microbiota, inhibiting Borrelia colonization” [Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases volume 17 issue 4 (2026) 102674]	10
Exploring Borrelia in Australia: Isolation, genomic characterisation, and host and vector associations	10
Obtainment of prescribed analgesics among patients with Lyme neuroborreliosis; a nationwide, population-based matched cohort study	10
Prevalence of Bourbon and Heartland viruses in field collected ticks at an environmental field station in St. Louis County, Missouri, USA	10
Morphological anomalies in hard ticks (Acari: Ixodidae) from Brazil	10
The real-time PCR targeting the phage terminase (terL) is not suitable for diagnostics of human Borrelia infections in Europe	9
Corrigendum to “A transwell assay method to evaluate Borrelia burgdorferi sensu stricto migratory chemoattraction toward tick saliva proteins” [Ticks Tick Borne Dis. 2021 Sep; 12(5): 101782. PMCID: PM	9
Tick species infesting cattle in the central region of Burkina Faso: Presence of Rhipicephalus microplus less than ten years after its first identification in the Southwest part of the country	9
A fatal case of tick-borne encephalitis in an immunocompromised patient: case report from Northeastern Poland and review of literature	9
A new hotspot of tick-borne encephalitis virus (TBEV) in the Autonomous Province of Trento, Italy	9
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Hemopathogens in naturally infected bovine fetuses in Brazil	9

Description of Rhipicephalus hibericus sp. nov. (Ixodoidea: Ixodidae), a species of the Rhipicephalus sanguineus group in southwestern Europe	9
Identification of Rickettsia conorii Indian tick typhus strain in a Patient and an Attached Rhipicephalus turanicus Tick in Xinjiang, China	9
New data on the occurrence of Dermacentor reticulatus, Dermacentor marginatus, and Ixodes frontalis (Ixodida: Ixodidae) in Germany	9
Spatial distribution and clustering of medically important tick species in Illinois: Implications for tick-borne disease risk	9
A new spotted fever group Rickettsia genotype in Haemaphysalis leporispalustris from Maine, USA	9
Ixodid tick species found in northern Sweden – Data from a frontier area	9
Widespread acaricide resistance and multi-resistance in Rhipicephalus microplus in Ecuador and associated environmental and management risk factors	9
Profile of cattle breed sensitivity to the tick Rhipicephalus microplus	9
Anaplasma phagocytophilum in European bison (Bison bonasus) and their ticks from Lithuania and Poland	8
Evaluation of the biological function of ribosomal protein S18 from cattle tick Rhipicephalus microplus	8
Assessing the spatial and temporal patterns and risk factors for acquisition of Ixodes spp. by companion animals across Canada	8
Tick salivary protein Cystatin: structure, anti-inflammation and molecular mechanism	8
Pathogens transmitted by Ixodes ricinus	8
Seasonal activities, morphological characteristics, and veterinary importance of Haemaphysalis mageshimaensis in Ishigaki and Yonaguni, Okinawa, Japan	8
Characterization of the complete mitochondrial genome and phylogenetic analyses of Haemaphysalis tibetensis Hoogstraal, 1965 (Acari: Ixodidae)	8
Diversity and prevalence of spotted-fever group rickettsiae in ixodid ticks across Slovakia, Central Europe	8
Erratum to “First molecular detection of Anaplasma marginale, Babesia bovis, and hemotropic Mycoplasma spp. in bovine colostrum” [Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases 16(6) (2025) 102553]	8
New insights into the systematics of the afrotropical Amblyomma marmoreum complex (Acari: Ixodidae) and the genome of a novel Rickettsia africae strain using morphological and metagenomic approaches	8
Genetic characterization of a novel Ehrlichia chaffeensis genotype from an Amblyomma tenellum tick from South Texas, USA	8
Prevalence and diversity of spotted fever group Rickettsia species in ixodid ticks from domestic dogs in Chad, Africa	8
Clinical manifestations and outcomes of Tick-borne encephalitis: A systematic literature review	8
Seasonality and environmental drivers of tick-borne encephalitis virus prevalence in Ixodes ricinus ticks from Southern Norway	8
A serological assay to detect and differentiate rodent exposure to soft tick and hard tick relapsing fever infections in the United States	8
Incidence, healthcare resource utilization and costs of hospitalized patients with tick-borne encephalitis (TBE) in Italy	8
Estimating the density of questing Ixodes scapularis nymphs in the eastern United States using climate and land cover data	8
From import to establishment? Experimental evidence for seasonal outdoor survival of two Rhipicephalus species in Germany	8
Severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome incidence could be associated with ecotone between forest and cultivated land in rural settings of central China	8
Description of a new tick species, closely related to Amblyomma javanense (Supino, 1897), associated with Varanus bengalensis (Squamata: Varanidae) in Pakistan	8
NNNRe-reply to Estrada-Peña's reply	8
Adapting vector surveillance using Bayesian experimental design: An application to an ongoing tick monitoring program in the southeastern United States	8
Rickettsia and relapsing fever Borrelia in Alectorobius kelleyi (Ixodida: Argasidae) from peri domestic bats in the northeastern United States	8
Trends in incidence of tick bites and physician-reported early and late Lyme borreliosis in the Netherlands	7
A bioinformatics pipeline for a tick pathogen surveillance multiplex amplicon sequencing assay	7
Egg protein profile and dynamics during embryogenesis in Haemaphysalis flava ticks	7
Changes in the geographic distribution of the blacklegged tick, Ixodes scapularis, in the United States	7
Rickettsial exposure in ruminants from Somalia	7
Phenology of questing Ixodes frontalis nymphs reveals a late-winter to early-spring activity peak	7
Identification, structural modeling, gene expression analysis and RNAi effect of putative phospholipase A2 in the lone star tick Amblyomma americanum	7
Prevalence of Borrelia miyamotoi and Neoehrlichia mikurensis in a cohort of tick-exposed individuals and population controls in Denmark 2002–2021	7
Seroprevalence and transmission of severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome virus in a coastal endemic area in Southeastern China	7
Seropositivity to tick-borne pathogens in nature management workers in the Netherlands	7
First report of phoretic deutonymphs of Thyreophagus corticalis (Michael, 1885) (Acari: Acaridae) on Ixodes ricinus (Linnaeus, 1758) (Ixodida: Ixodidae)	7
A reverse vaccinology approach identified novel recombinant tick proteins with protective efficacy against Rhipicephalus microplus infestation	7
Role of tick infestation in the progression of Anaplasma phagocytophilum infection in lambs	7
EU-wide external quality assessment study on the sensitivity and specificity of different DNA amplification protocols for the detection of Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato	7
Contributions of birds to the feeding of ticks at host community level: Effects of tick burden, host density and yearly fluctuations	7
A 15-year monitoring of Rickettsiales (Anaplasma phagocytophilum and Rickettsia spp.) in questing ticks in the city of Hanover, Germany	6
Corrigendum to Rickettsia and relapsing fever Borrelia in Alectorobius kelleyi (Ixodida: Argasidae) from peri domestic bats in the northeastern United States. [Ticks and Tick Borne Diseases 2023 May;1	6
Detection and genetic characterization of a putative novel Borrelia genospecies in Ixodes apronophorus / Ixodes persulcatus / Ixodes trianguliceps sympatric areas in Western Siberia	6
Serologic and molecular evidence for circulation of Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever virus in ticks and cattle in Bosnia and Herzegovina	6
Assortative mating in Ixodes scapularis Say, 1821 (Acari: Ixodidae)	6
Influence of tick sex and geographic region on the microbiome of Dermacentor variabilis collected from dogs and cats across the United States	6
Immature hard ticks infected with Rickettsia amblyommatis on breeding birds from Pantanal	6
Linking human tick bite risk with tick abundance in the environment: A novel approach to quantify tick bite risk using orienteers in Scotland	6
Effect of the combination of DEET and flupyradifurone on the tick Ixodes ricinus: Repellency bioassay and pharmacological characterization using microtransplantation of synganglion membranes	6
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The role of southern red-backed voles, Myodes gapperi, and Peromyscus mice in the enzootic maintenance of Lyme disease spirochetes in North Dakota, USA	6
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Living with ticks: Results of an online survey of the knowledge, attitudes and practices (KAP) regarding ticks and tick-borne pathogens in academic environments across Europe	6
Prevalence and diversity of Borrelia spp. in questing ticks from urban green spaces in Lithuania	6
Tick-borne pathogens in raccoons (Procyon lotor) from Germany	6
Rickettsia sp. and Anaplasma spp. in Haemaphysalis longicornis from Shandong province of China, with evidence of a novel species “Candidatus Anaplasma Shandongensis”	6
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Exposure of dogs and cats to Borrelia miyamotoi infected Ixodes ricinus ticks in urban areas of the city of Poznań, west-central Poland	6
Ehrlichia, Coxiella and Bartonella infections in rodents from Guizhou Province, Southwest China	6
On the haem auxotrophy of the soft tick Ornithodoros moubata	6
Analysis of the complete mitochondrial genomes of Dermacentor albipictus suggests a species complex	6
The distribution of Babesia odocoilei in Ixodes species ticks in Canada: Implications for one health surveillance	6
The potential of Rhipicephalus microplus as a vector of Ehrlichia ruminantium in West Africa	6
First clinical case of tick-borne encephalitis (TBE) in a dog in Greece	6
Epidemiological characteristics and viral molecular evolution analysis of severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome in Shandong Province, China	6
Morphological and molecular confirmation of Ornithodoros hasei (Schulze, 1935) (Acari: Argasidae) in Colombia	5
Description of Amblyomma monteiroae n. sp. (Acari: Ixodidae), a parasite of the great horned owl (Strigiformes: Strigidae) in southern Brazil	5
An update on Borrelia burgdorferi s.l. prevalence and hazard in ticks at recreational areas in England and Wales between 2021 and 2023	5
Corrigendum to “Spatial distribution and clustering of medically important tick species in Illinois: Implications for tick-borne disease risk” [Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases 16 (2025) 102533]	5
Tick hazard in a Central European country: Mapping Europe’s principal tick-borne disease vector across Germany	5
Identifying breeding hosts of Ixodes ricinus ticks using stable isotope analysis of their larvae – Proof of concept	5
Ticks (Acari: Ixodidae) of three Timor-Leste reptiles: first country record of Amblyomma helvolum, with new interactions and an updated list of host species	5
Evaluation of host immune responses following immunization with MSP4 antigen adsorbed onto poly(lactic-co-glycolic acid) microparticles in a BALB/c murine model	5
Validation of stable reference genes in peripheral blood mononuclear cells for expression studies involving vector-borne haemoparasitic diseases in bovines	5
Rhipicephalus linnaei (Audouin, 1826) recognised as the “tropical lineage” of the brown dog tick Rhipicephalus sanguineus sensu lato: Neotype designation, redescription, and establishment of morpholog	5
Ferritin-mediated regulation of gut microbiota homeostasis promotes blood-feeding adaptation in the tick Haemaphysalis doenitzi	5
Borrelia miyamotoi BipA-like protein, BipM, is a candidate serodiagnostic antigen distinguishing between Lyme disease and relapsing fever Borrelia infections	5
Invasive wineberry influences tick-borne disease dynamics across spatial scales	5
A review on the role of birds as disseminators of ticks, with special emphasis on Hyalomma species and Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever virus	5
High neutralizing antibody mismatch as a possible reason for vaccine failure in two children with severe tick-borne encephalitis	5
Uneven temporal distribution of piroplasms (Piroplasmida: Babesiidae, Theileriidae) in Haemaphysalis concinna in an urban biotope of the Western Palearctic focus region of this tick species	5
Innovative approaches for the control of ticks and tick-borne diseases	5
Tick-borne bacterial and protozoal pathogens in horses in Austria – A cross-sectional study on current and past infections and potential risk factors	5
Understanding the barriers to engagement in a passive tick surveillance program to inform public health strategies in Connecticut	5
Ticks (Acari: Ixodidae, Argasidae) associated with wild birds in Argentina	5
Longitudinal dynamics and health impact of Hepatozoon procyonis (Apicomplexa: Hepatozoidae) on naturally infected ring-tailed coatis Nasua nasua (Carnivora: Procyonidae) from Midwestern Brazil	5
Molecular detection and genetic characterization of Ehrlichia canis and Ehrlichia sp. in neotropical primates from Brazil	5
Field survey of ticks following cases of severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome in companion animals in Japan	5
Comparison of acarological risk metrics derived from active and passive surveillance and their concordance with tick-borne disease incidence	5