Ticks and Tick-Borne Diseases

Article	Citations
Tick-borne diseases and co-infection: Current considerations	64
What do we still need to know about Ixodes ricinus?	58
Host association of Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato: A review	56
Tick exposures and alpha-gal syndrome: A systematic review of the evidence	54
Prevalence of single and coinfections of human pathogens in Ixodes ticks from five geographical regions in the United States, 2013–2019	47
Cattle ticks and tick-borne diseases: a review of Uganda's situation	46
Vector competence of Rhipicephalus sanguineus sensu stricto for Anaplasma platys	45
Nuclear (18S-28S rRNA) and mitochondrial genome markers of Carios (Carios) vespertilionis (Argasidae) support Carios Latreille, 1796 as a lineage embedded in the Ornithodorinae: re-classification of t	44
Phylogenies from mitochondrial genomes of 120 species of ticks: Insights into the evolution of the families of ticks and of the genus Amblyomma	42
The biology of Ixodes ricinus with emphasis on its ecology	37
Tick-borne encephalitis outbreak following raw goat milk consumption in a new micro-location, Croatia, June 2019	36
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	35
Control of ixodid ticks and prevention of tick-borne diseases in the United States: The prospect of a new Lyme disease vaccine and the continuing problem with tick exposure on residential properties	34
The emergence of human Powassan virus infection in North America	32
Molecular identification of tick-borne pathogens (Rickettsia spp., Anaplasma phagocytophilum, Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato, Coxiella burnetii and piroplasms) in questing and feeding hard ticks from	29
A multi-seasonal study investigating the phenology, host and habitat associations, and pathogens of Haemaphysalis longicornis in Virginia, U.S.A	29
Context matters: Contrasting behavioral and residential risk factors for Lyme disease between high-incidence states in the Northeastern and Midwestern United States	28
A metagenomic examination of the pathobiome of the invasive tick species, Haemaphysalis longicornis, collected from a New York City borough, USA	27
Rhipicephalus microplus: An overview of vaccine antigens against the cattle tick	27
Molecular survey on tick-borne pathogens and Leishmania infantum in red foxes (Vulpes vulpes) from southern Italy	26
Tick species identification and molecular detection of tick-borne pathogens in blood and ticks collected from cattle in Egypt	26
The red fox (Vulpes vulpes), a possible reservoir of Babesia vulpes, B. canis and Hepatozoon canis and its association with the tick Dermacentor reticulatus occurrence	26
Tick-borne encephalitis virus in Ixodes ricinus (Acari: Ixodidae) ticks, Tunisia	26
Ticks (Acari: Ixodidae) on birds migrating to the island of Ponza, Italy, and the tick-borne pathogens they carry	25
Repeat tick exposure elicits distinct immune responses in guinea pigs and mice	25

The genus Rickettsia in Mexico: Current knowledge and perspectives	25
Knowledge, attitudes, and behaviors regarding tick-borne disease prevention in Lyme disease-endemic areas of the Upper Midwest, United States	24
Personal protection measures to prevent tick bites in the United States: Knowledge gaps, challenges, and opportunities	24
Screening of tick-borne pathogens in argasid ticks in Zambia: Expansion of the geographic distribution of Rickettsia lusitaniae and Rickettsia hoogstraalii and detection of putative novel Anaplasma sp	23
Systematic review on the non-vectorial transmission of Tick-borne encephalitis virus (TBEv)	23
Wild boar as a potential reservoir of zoonotic tick-borne pathogens	23
Detection of pathogens in ixodid ticks collected from animals and vegetation in five regions of Ukraine	22
Tick species infesting humans in the United States	22
First molecular detection of Anaplasma species in cattle from Kyrgyzstan; molecular identification of human pathogenic novel genotype Anaplasma capra and Anaplasma phagocytophilum related strain	22
First record of Hepatozoon spp. in domestic cats in Greece	22
Humans infested with Ixodes ricinus are exposed to a diverse array of tick-borne pathogens in Serbia	21
Changes in the geographic distribution of the blacklegged tick, Ixodes scapularis, in the United States	21
Epidemiological investigation of Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever virus infection among the one-humped camels (Camelus dromedarius) in southern Tunisia	20
First report of human exposure to Hyalomma marginatum in England: Further evidence of a Hyalomma moulting event in north-western Europe?	20
Fine-scale determinants of the spatiotemporal distribution of Ixodes scapularis in Quebec (Canada)	20
Molecular phylogeny of Amblyomma exornatum and Amblyomma transversale, with reinstatement of the genus Africaniella (Acari: Ixodidae) for the latter	20
New records of Amblyomma gervaisi from Pakistan, with detection of a reptile-associated Borrelia sp.	19
Binary combinations of thymol, carvacrol and eugenol for Amblyomma sculptum control: Evaluation of in vitro synergism and effectiveness under semi-field conditions	19
Clinical, epidemiological, and laboratory features of Rickettsia parkeri rickettsiosis: A systematic review	19
First report of Nosomma monstrosum ticks infesting Asian water buffaloes (Bubalus bubalis) in Pakistan	18
Identical 18S rRNA haplotypes of Hepatozoon canis in dogs and foxes in Brandenburg, Germany	18
Comparative genomic analysis of the first Ehrlichia canis detections in Australia	18
A life stage-targeted acaricide application approach for the control of Haemaphysalis longicornis	18
Can the booster interval for the tick-borne encephalitis (TBE) vaccine ‘FSME-IMMUN’ be prolonged? — A systematic review	18
Tick distribution and detection of Babesia and Theileria species in Eastern and Southern Kazakhstan	18
Molecular identification and characterization of Rickettsia spp. and other tick-borne pathogens in cattle and their ticks from Huambo, Angola	17
Tick treatment practices in the field: Access to, knowledge about, and on-farm use of acaricides in Laikipia, Kenya	17
The epidemiology of infectious diseases in Europe in 2020 versus 2017–2019 and the rise of tick-borne encephalitis (1995–2020)	17
Molecular detection of vector-borne agents in ectoparasites and reptiles from Brazil	16
Identification of Rickettsia spp., Anaplasma spp., and an Ehrlichia canis-like agent in Rhipicephalus microplus from Southwest and South-Central China	16
Molecular detection and characterization of Anaplasma platys and Ehrlichia canis in dogs from the Caribbean	16
Operational TBE incidence forecasts for Austria, Germany, and Switzerland 2019–2021	16
Vaccine uptake in 20 countries in Europe 2020: Focus on tick-borne encephalitis (TBE)	16
Prevalence of tick-borne encephalitis virus in questing Dermacentor reticulatus and Ixodes ricinus ticks in Lithuania	16
Potential distribution of Amblyomma mixtum (Koch, 1844) in climate change scenarios in the Americas	16
A new report of adult Hyalomma marginatum and Hyalomma rufipes in the Czech Republic	16
A retrospective evaluation of heparin product reactions in patients with alpha-gal allergies	16
Seventy-eight entire mitochondrial genomes and nuclear rRNA genes provide insight into the phylogeny of the hard ticks, particularly the Haemaphysalis species, Africaniella transversale and Robertsicu	16
Prevalence of Coxiella-infections in ticks - review and meta-analysis	16
Effects of carvacrol and thymol on the antioxidant and detoxifying enzymes of Rhipicephalus microplus (Acari: Ixodidae)	16
Ehrlichiosis and anaplasmosis subcommittee report to the Tick-borne Disease Working Group	15
Translational biotechnology for the control of ticks and tick-borne diseases	15
Rodent-targeted approaches to reduce acarological risk of human exposure to pathogen-infected Ixodes ticks	15
Experiences with tick exposure, Lyme disease, and use of personal prevention methods for tick bites among members of the U.S. population, 2013–2015	15
New geographical area on the map of Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever virus: First serological evidence in the Hungarian population	15
Seroprevalence of severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome virus in animals in Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan, and development of Gaussia luciferase immunoprecipitation system to detect specific IgG a	15
Distribution of ticks in Bosnia and Herzegovina	15
Cattle ticks and associated tick-borne pathogens in Burkina Faso and Benin: Apparent northern spread of Rhipicephalus microplus in Benin and first evidence of Theileria velifera and Theileria annulata	14
Inter-annual variation in prevalence of Borrelia burgdorferi sensu stricto and Anaplasma phagocytophilum in host-seeking Ixodes scapularis (Acari: Ixodidae) at long-term surveillance sites in the uppe	14
Prevalence of bovine Babesia spp., Anaplasma marginale, and their co-infections in Latin America: Systematic review-meta-analysis	14

Update on the presence of Ixodes ricinus at the western limit of its range and the prevalence of Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato	14
Anaplasma marginale in goats from a multispecies grazing system in northeastern Brazil	14
Combination of cypermethrin and thymol for control of Rhipicephalus microplus: Efficacy evaluation and description of an action mechanism	14
Occurrence and clinical manifestations of tick-borne rickettsioses in Western Siberia: First Russian cases of Rickettsia aeschlimannii and Rickettsia slovaca infections	14
Autochthonous tick-borne encephalitis in the United Kingdom: A second probable human case and local eco-epidemiological findings	14
On the way between Africa and Europe: Molecular taxonomy of ticks collected from birds in Malta	14
Phylogenetic analysis of Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever virus in inner Mongolia, China	14
Survey of ticks and tick-borne agents in maned wolves (Chrysocyon brachyurus) from a natural landscape in Brazil	14
Regional, seasonal, biennial and landscape-associated distribution of Anaplasma phagocytophilum and Rickettsia spp. infections in Ixodes ticks in northern Germany and implications for risk assessment	14
Efficacy of a water-based botanical acaricide formulation applied in portable spray box against the southern cattle tick, Rhipicephalus (Boophilus) microplus (Acari: Ixodidae), infesting cattle	13
First record of Ixodes simplex found on a human host, with a review of cases of human infestation by bat tick species occurring in Europe	13
Survey of Rickettsia parkeri and Amblyomma maculatum associated with small mammals in southeastern Virginia	13
Neuropeptides in Rhipicephalus microplus and other hard ticks	13
Molecular epidemiology of Rickettsia sp. and Coxiella burnetii collected from Hyalomma asiaticum in Bactrian camels (Camelus bactrianus) in inner Mongolia of China	13
Ehrlichia, Coxiella and Bartonella infections in rodents from Guizhou Province, Southwest China	13
Microclimate conditions alter Ixodes scapularis (Acari: Ixodidae) overwinter survival across climate gradients in Maine, United States	13
Detection of emerging tick-borne disease agents in the Alpes-Maritimes region, southeastern France	13
Associations between wild birds and hard ticks (Acari: Ixodidae) in Colombia	13
Emergence of the zoonotic tick Dermacentor (Indocentor) auratus Supino, 1897 (Acari: Ixodidae) in Singapore	13
Strong genetic structure among populations of the tick Ixodes ricinus across its range	12
Experience and knowledge of Lyme disease: A scoping review of patient-provider communication	12
Novel quaranjavirus and other viral sequences identified from ticks parasitizing hunted wildlife in Trinidad and Tobago	12
Human seroepidemiology of Rickettsia and Orientia species in Chile – A cross-sectional study in five regions	12
DNA barcoding of hard ticks (Ixodidae), notes on distribution of vector species and new faunal record for Croatia	12
Symbiont dynamics during the blood meal of Ixodes ricinus nymphs differ according to their sex	12
Reestablishment of Rhipicephalus secundus Feldman-Muhsam, 1952 (Acari: Ixodidae)	12
Metagenomic analysis of individually analyzed ticks from Eastern Europe demonstrates regional and sex-dependent differences in the microbiota of Ixodes ricinus	12
Diversity of Rickettsia in ticks collected from wild animals in Panama	12
Ticks and rickettsial exposure in lowland tapirs (Tapirus terrestris) of three Brazilian biomes	12
A new species of soft tick from dry tropical forests of Brazilian Caatinga	12
Survey on tick distribution and tick-borne pathogens in Daejeon and adjacent areas in South Korea	12
Prevalence of Babesia canis DNA in Ixodes ricinus ticks collected in forest and urban ecosystems in west-central Poland	12
Anaplasma capra in sheep and goats on Corsica Island, France: A European lineage within A. capra clade II?	12
Predicting distributions of blacklegged ticks (Ixodes scapularis), Lyme disease spirochetes (Borrelia burgdorferi sensu stricto) and human Lyme disease cases in the eastern United States	12
First detection of Amblyomma variegatum and molecular finding of Rickettsia africae in Sardinia, Italy	12
Pictorial dissection guide and internal anatomy of the cattle tick, Rhipicephalus (Boophilus) microplus (Canestrini)	12
Complete mitochondrial genome characterization and phylogenetic analyses of the main vector of Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever virus: Hyalomma marginatum Koch, 1844	12
The European bison (Bison bonasus) as an indicatory species for the circulation of tick-borne encephalitis virus (TBEV) in natural foci in Poland	12
In vitro and in silico studies of the larvicidal and anticholinesterase activities of berberine and piperine alkaloids on Rhipicephalus microplus	11
Theileria and Babesia infection in cattle – First molecular survey in Kazakhstan	11
Modeling future climate suitability for the western blacklegged tick, Ixodes pacificus, in California with an emphasis on land access and ownership	11
Vaccine approaches applied to controlling dog ticks	11
Phylogenetic analysis, genetic diversity and geographical distribution of Babesia caballi based on 18S rRNA gene	11
B. burgdorferi sensu lato-induced inhibition of antigen presentation is mediated by RIP1 signaling resulting in impaired functional T cell responses towards Candida albicans	11
Integrated human behavior and tick risk maps to prioritize Lyme disease interventions using a 'One Health' approach	11
Morphological and molecular characterization of Rhipicephalus microplus and Rhipicephalus annulatus from selected states of southern India	11
Are other tick-borne infections overlooked in patients investigated for Lyme neuroborreliosis? A large retrospective study from South-eastern Sweden	11
Molecular detection and phylogeny of Anaplasma spp. in cattle reveals the presence of novel strains closely related to A. phagocytophilum in Turkey	11
Molecular detection and genetic characterization of Anaplasma marginale and Anaplasma platys in cattle in Nigeria	11
Phylogenetic analysis and geographical distribution of Theileria equi and Babesia caballi sequences from horses residing in Spain	11
Prevalence of Anaplasma phagocytophilum in questing Ixodes ricinus nymphs across twenty recreational areas in England and Wales	11
Diversity and distribution of ticks in Niigata prefecture, Japan (2016–2018): Changes since 1950	11
Molecular identification and genetic characterization of tick-borne pathogens in sheep and goats at two farms in the central and southern regions of Malawi	11
Characterization of deltamethrin, cypermethrin, coumaphos and ivermectin resistance in populations of Rhipicephalus microplus in India and efficacy of an antitick natural formulation prepared from Age	11
Evaluation of a novel multiplex PCR amplicon sequencing assay for detection of human pathogens in Ixodes ticks	11
Classification of patients referred under suspicion of tick-borne diseases, Copenhagen, Denmark	11
Effective control of the motile stages of Amblyomma americanum and reduced Ehrlichia spp. prevalence in adults via permethrin treatment of white-tailed deer in coastal Connecticut, USA	11
A comparison of horizontal and transovarial transmission efficiency of Borrelia miyamotoi by Ixodes scapularis	11
Stray Mexico origin cattle captured crossing into Southern Texas carry Babesia bovis and other tick-borne pathogens	11
Emergence of Lyme borreliosis in the province of Verona, Northern Italy: Five-years of sentinel surveillance	11
High genetic diversity and superinfection by Anaplasma marginale strains in naturally infected Angus beef cattle during a clinical anaplasmosis outbreak in southeastern Brazil	11
Changes in Lyme neuroborreliosis incidence in Denmark, 1996 to 2015	11
Pathogens in ticks collected in Israel: II. Bacteria and protozoa found in Rhipicephalus sanguineus sensu lato and Rhipicephalus turanicus	11
Evaluation of different strategic control protocols for Rhipicephalus microplus on cattle according to tick burden	10
Tracking tick-borne diseases in Mongolian livestock using next generation sequencing (NGS)	10
Small mammals, ticks and rickettsiae in natural and human-modified landscapes: Diversity and occurrence of Brazilian spotted fever in Brazil	10
15-year Borrelia prevalence and species distribution monitoring in Ixodes ricinus/inopinatus populations in the city of Hanover, Germany	10
Rickettsia amblyommatis isolated from Amblyomma mixtum (Acari: Ixodida) from two sites in Panama	10
Records of ticks (Acari: Ixodidae) on humans and distribution of spotted-fever cases and its tick vectors in Paraná State, southern Brazil	10
Identification of Anaplasma marginale in long-eared hedgehogs (Hemiechinus auritus) and their Rhipicephalus turanicus ticks in Iran	10
High-throughput sequencing of two European strains of tick-borne encephalitis virus (TBEV), Hochosterwitz and 1993/783	10
Longitudinal dynamics and health impact of Hepatozoon procyonis (Apicomplexa: Hepatozoidae) on naturally infected ring-tailed coatis Nasua nasua (Carnivora: Procyonidae) from Midwestern Brazil	10
Molecular detection and characterisation of protozoan and rickettsial pathogens in ticks from cattle in the pastoral area of Karamoja, Uganda	10
Comprehensive screening of tick-borne microorganisms indicates that a great variety of pathogens are circulating between hard ticks (Ixodoidea: Ixodidae) and domestic ruminants in natural foci of Anat	10
The guinea pig model for tick-borne spotted fever rickettsioses: A second look	10
Seasonality of acarological risk of exposure to Borrelia miyamotoi from questing life stages of Ixodes scapularis collected from Wisconsin and Massachusetts, USA	10
Chitin increases drying survival of encapsulated Metarhizium pemphigi blastospores for Ixodes ricinus control	10
Rickettsia spp. and Ehrlichia spp. in Amblyomma ticks parasitizing wild amphibious sea kraits and yellow-margined box turtles in Okinawa, Japan	10
Ecological traps and boosters of ixodid ticks: The differing ecological roles of two sympatric introduced mammals	10
Contrasting population genetics of co-endemic cattle- and buffalo- derived Theileria annulata	9

Survey of severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome virus in wild boar in the Republic of Korea	9
Innovative approaches for the control of ticks and tick-borne diseases	9
Phylogenetic relationships of the Amblyomma cajennense complex (Acari: Ixodidae) at mitogenomic resolution	9
Investigation on haplotypes of ixodid ticks and retrospective finding of Borrelia miyamotoi in bank vole (Myodes glareolus) in Switzerland	9
Molecular detection and characterization of tick-borne parasites in goats and ticks from Thailand	9
Exploring the ecological and evolutionary relationships between Rickettsia and hard ticks in the Neotropical region.	9
Identification of a non-host semiochemical from miniature pinscher, Canis lupus familiaris, that repels Rhipicephalus sanguineus sensu lato (Acari: Ixodidae)	9
gltA typing of Anaplasma strains related to A. platys: Taxonomical and one health implications	9
Molecular evidence indicts Haemaphysalis leachi (Acari: Ixodidae) as the vector of Babesia rossi in dogs in Nigeria, West Africa	9
Prevalence of Bourbon and Heartland viruses in field collected ticks at an environmental field station in St. Louis County, Missouri, USA	9
Discriminating between Lyme neuroborreliosis and other central nervous system infections by use of biomarkers CXCL13 and IL-6	9
Cross border transhumance involvement in ticks and tick-borne pathogens dissemination and first evidence of Anaplasma centrale in Burkina Faso	9
Two novel Ehrlichia (Rickettsiales: Anaplasmataceae) strains detected in ticks (Ixodida, Ixodidae) and opossums (Didelphimorphia: Didelphidae) in Argentina	9
Within-population diversity of bacterial microbiomes in winter ticks (Dermacentor albipictus)	9
Rickettsia sp. and Anaplasma spp. in Haemaphysalis longicornis from Shandong province of China, with evidence of a novel species “Candidatus Anaplasma Shandongensis”	9
Haemaphysalis flava ticks as a competent vector of severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome virus	9
Using i-tree canopy vegetation cover subtype classification to predict peri-domestic tick presence	9
Evidence of taxonomic bias in public databases: The example of the genus Borrelia	9
Epidemic character and environmental factors in epidemic areas of severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome in Shandong Province	9
Multilocus genetic analysis indicates taxonomic status of “Candidatus Rickettsia mendelii” as a separate basal group	9
Host transcriptome response to Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato	9
Prevalence of five human pathogens in host-seeking Ixodes scapularis and Ixodes pacificus by region, state, and county in the contiguous United States generated through national tick surveillance	9
Identification and functional analysis of ferritin 2 from the Taiga tick Ixodes persulcatus Schulze	9
Domestic dogs as amplifying hosts of Rickettsia rickettsii for Amblyomma aureolatum ticks	9
A report on tick burden and molecular detection of tick-borne pathogens in cattle blood samples collected from four regions in Saudi Arabia	9
Mechanisms of amitraz resistance in a Rhipicephalus microplus strain from southern Brazil	9
Ticks in the metropolitan area of Berlin, Germany	9