Ticks and Tick-Borne Diseases

Papers
(The TQCC of Ticks and Tick-Borne Diseases is 9. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2021-10-01 to 2025-10-01.)
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Tick (Acari: Ixodoidea) fauna and zoogeographic division of Jiangxi Province, China95
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Genetic diversity in Babesia bovis from southern Africa and estimation of B. bovis infection levels in cattle using an optimised quantitative PCR assay66
The importance of the tortoise tick Hyalomma aegyptium as a carrier of bacterial agents on a wide range47
Detection of multiple novel viruses in argasid and ixodid ticks in Mexico44
The basis of molecular diagnostics for piroplasmids: Do the sequences lie?44
Quantitative detection of Theileria haneyi in South African horses43
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Evaluation of Theileria equi vertical transmission rate and routes in a cohort of asymptomatic mares and their foals35
Amblyomma ticks in animal carcasses hunted in Mapinguari National Park, Western Amazon, Brazil: New records on species and host-parasite relationships32
Molecular detection of Babesia spp. in European bison (Bison bonasus) and their ticks31
Hard ticks (Acari: Ixodidae) parasitizing bushbabies (Mammalia: Galagidae) in a biodiversity hotspot of northern South Africa29
Detection of Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato DNA in cerebrospinal fluid samples following pre-enrichment culture29
Tick-borne diseases under the radar in the North Sea Region28
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Risk factors for tick infestation and equine Piroplasmosis infection among draught horses in France27
gltA typing of Anaplasma strains related to A. platys: Taxonomical and one health implications27
Ehrlichia ruminantium (Ehrlichiaceae) infection rates and genotyping in Amblyomma species from southern Africa27
Growth dynamics and tissue localization of a Coxiella-like endosymbiont in the tick Haemaphysalis longicornis26
Prevalence of Rickettsia africae in tick vectors collected from mammalian hosts in sub-Saharan Africa: A systematic review and meta-analysis26
Epidemiological compatibility of Amblyomma sculptum as possible vector and Panthera onca as reservoir of Cytauxzoon spp. in Midwestern Brazil25
Argas ticks (Ixodida: Argasidae) on migratory birds from Africa: first record of a genotype close to Argas africolumbae in Italy25
Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato inhibits CIITA transcription through pSTAT3 activation and enhanced SOCS1 and SOCS3 expression leading to limited IFN-γ production24
The utility of a maximum entropy species distribution model for Ixodes scapularis in predicting the public health risk of Lyme disease in Ontario, Canada24
The structure and behavioral patterns of the human population affected by ixodid tick bites in Irkutsk Region, Eastern Siberia, Russia24
Molecular detection and genetic characterization of Anaplasma marginale and Anaplasma platys in cattle in Nigeria24
Defining a risk area for tick-borne encephalitis (TBE) in a country where TBE is emerging, the Netherlands, July 2016-October 202023
Unusual increase in tularemia incidence in Alsace, Northeastern France in 202423
Presence of two species of the Amblyomma cajennense complex (Acari: Ixodidae) and probable zones of sympatry in northwestern Colombia22
A new species of tick, Ixodes (Ixodes) mojavensis (Acari: Ixodidae), from the Amargosa Valley of California22
Phlebovirus diversity in ticks from livestock in arid ecologies in Kenya22
Detection of Babesia species in questing Ixodes ricinus ticks in England and Wales21
Evaluation of tick salivary and midgut extracellular vesicles as anti-tick vaccines in White-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus)21
Cervids and raccoon dogs as wildlife sentinels for the geographical distribution of tick-borne encephalitis virus and Francisella tularensis in Denmark21
Molecular characterization and phylogenetic study of Theileria sp. parasites detected in cattle from the Moscow region of Russia21
Occurrence and clinical manifestations of tick-borne rickettsioses in Western Siberia: First Russian cases of Rickettsia aeschlimannii and Rickettsia slovaca infections20
Reply by AEP to the response20
Rickettsioses in Colombia during the 20th century: A historical review20
Prevalence of Coxiella-infections in ticks - review and meta-analysis20
The case of Mediterranean spotted fever of the traveler returned from Zambia20
Seroprevalence of Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever virus among people living with HIV in Brazzaville, Congo and among blood donors in Bamako, Mali19
Molecular investigation of tick-borne pathogens from different regions of Morocco19
Assessment of the YKL-40 concentration in patients with tick-borne encephalitis19
Natural Panola Mountain Ehrlichia infections in cattle in a longitudinal study of Angus beef calves19
Detection and phylogenetic analysis of Dabieshan tick virus and Okutama tick virus in ticks collected from Cape Toi, Japan18
Two novel Ehrlichia (Rickettsiales: Anaplasmataceae) strains detected in ticks (Ixodida, Ixodidae) and opossums (Didelphimorphia: Didelphidae) in Argentina18
Letter to the editor for: Can the booster interval for the tick-borne encephalitis (TBE) vaccine ‘FSME-IMMUN’ be prolonged? — A systematic review18
Knowledge, attitudes, and practices for tick bite prevention and tick control among residents of Long Island, New York, USA18
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 speci18
Structural studies of chromosomally encoded outer surface lipoprotein BB0158 from Borrelia burgdorferi sensu stricto17
Molecular detection of Rickettsia amblyommatis and Rickettsia parkeri in ticks collected from wild pigs in Campeche, Mexico17
Tick-borne diseases in the North Sea region–A comprehensive overview and recommendations for diagnostics and treatment17
Rhipicephalus capensis (Acari: Ixodidae), A geographically restricted South African tick, returning with a human traveler to the United States17
An official South African species checklist from the National Tick Collection of South Africa (Gertrud Theiler Tick Museum)17
Establishment and multiapproach characterization of Amblyomma sculptum (Acari: Ixodidae) cell line (ASE-14) from Brazil16
Estimation of medically-attended LB incidence in Norway, Finland and Poland using data from national surveillance and published literature16
A next generation sequencing assay combining Ixodes species identification with pathogen detection to support tick surveillance efforts in the United States16
Clobetasol increases the abundance of Borrelia burgdorferi in the skin 70 times more in male mice compared to female mice16
Seasonal changes in questing efficiency of wild Amblyomma americanum (Acari: Ixodidae) nymphs16
Frequency of tick bites and associated care-seeking behaviors in the United States16
High-throughput screening of pathogens in Ixodes ricinus removed from hosts in Lombardy, northern Italy15
Rickettsia spp. in Rhipicephalus sanguineus sensu lato ticks collected from stray dogs in Kerman city, Iran15
Molecular survey of Rickettsia spp. in ticks infesting wild animals in six departments in Colombia15
Tick-borne encephalitis (TBE) vaccine ‘FSME-IMMUN’ boosters — response to the letter by Bernard Hoet and Victoria Jenkins15
Detection of Rickettsia spp. in ring-tailed coatis (Nasua nasua) and ticks of the Iguaçu National Park, Brazilian Atlantic Rainforest15
Tick-borne pathogens in camels: A systematic review and meta-analysis of the prevalence in dromedaries14
Evaluation of the association between climate warming and the spread and proliferation of Ixodes scapularis in northern states in the Eastern United States14
Seroepidemiological study of severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome in animals and humans in Okinawa, Japan14
Discordant phylogeographic patterns between the tortoise tick Hyalomma aegyptium and their Testudo graeca hosts14
Prevalence of Rickettsia species phylotype G022 and Rickettsia tillamookensis in Ixodes pacificus nymphs and adults from Northern California14
Rotational and selective protocols using acaricides to control a multi-resistant strain of Rhipicephalus microplus under field conditions in Southern Brazil14
Tribute to Prof. Dr. Thomas Gustav Tore Jaenson, Uppsala University, Sweden14
Sympatric occurrence of Ixodes ricinus, Haemaphysalis concinna and Haemaphysalis inermis in a wild fauna reserve14
Novel variants of tick-borne encephalitis virus from patient and tick samples in Norway14
Suppressive effects of Ixodes persulcatus sialostatin L2 against Borrelia miyamotoi-stimulated immunity14
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, regist13
Tick maps on the virtual globe: First results using the example of Dermacentor reticulatus13
First molecular detection of Anaplasma species in cattle from Kyrgyzstan; molecular identification of human pathogenic novel genotype Anaplasma capra and Anaplasma phagocytophilum related strain13
The inoculation eschar of Rickettsia parkeri rickettsiosis in Brazil: Importance and cautions13
Epidemiological study on the prevalence of Anaplasma ovis infection in Aragón, Spain13
Development of inactivated heartwater (Ehrlichia ruminantium) vaccine in South Africa13
Novel viruses in hard ticks collected in the Republic of Korea unveiled by metagenomic high-throughput sequencing analysis13
An assessment of the possible recent establishment of Hyalomma rufipes in Hungary13
Rhipicephalus microplus voraxin-alpha contains B-cell epitopes that reduce ticks’ biological fitness in immunized cattle12
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Multilocus genetic analysis indicates taxonomic status of “Candidatus Rickettsia mendelii” as a separate basal group12
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Midgut-specific vitellogenin-1 is involved in the negative regulation of Babesia ovata migration or proliferation in Haemaphysalis longicornis tissues12
Immunization of guinea pigs with cement extract induces resistance against Ixodes scapularis ticks12
Corrigendum to “Clinical and hematologic features of experimental theileriosis in roan calves (Hippotragus equinus)” [Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases 12 (2021) 101644]12
Tick abundance and diversity are substantially lower in thinned vs. unthinned forests in the New Jersey Pinelands National Reserve, USA12
Mapping the risk of exposure to Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever virus in the Iberian Peninsula using Eurasian wild boar (Sus scrofa) as a model12
Comparison of the efficacy of different methods to apply acaricides for control of Rhipicephalus (Boophilus) microplus12
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 sequenc12
Evaluating spatial and temporal patterns of tick exposure in the United States using community science data submitted through a smartphone application12
Development and validation of software that quantifies the larval mortality of Rhipicephalus (Boophilus) microplus cattle tick11
First record of Haemaphysalis concinna (Acari: Ixodidae) tick in the Khalkh Numrug basin of Eastern Mongolia11
In vitro acaricidal activity of essential oils and their binary mixtures against ixodes scapularis (Acari: Ixodidae)11
Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato infection in Ixodes ricinus ticks in urban green areas in Prague11
Binary combinations of thymol, carvacrol and eugenol for Amblyomma sculptum control: Evaluation of in vitro synergism and effectiveness under semi-field conditions11
Presence and identity of Babesia microti in Ireland11
Molecular detection of Borrelia sp. in Ornithodoros cavernicolous (Acari: Argasidae) in midwestern Brazil11
Hyalomma aegyptium: Observed global distribution, imported specimens, preferred hosts and vector competence11
Amblyomma sparsum Neumann 1899 on migratory birds from Africa: First records in Italy11
Incidence and occurrence of tick-borne encephalitis and neuroborreliosis in Germany11
New rules for the submission of review articles to Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases11
Insights into the contribution of multiple factors on Ixodes ricinus abundance across Europe spanning 20 years using different machine learning algorithms11
Willingness to pay for residential property-based and community-based tick control methods in Lyme disease-endemic areas of the Upper Midwest, United States11
Rapid invasion and expansion of the Asian longhorned tick (Haemaphysalis longicornis) into a new area on Long Island, New York, USA11
Detection of Borrelia and Babesia species in Haemaphysalis punctata ticks sampled in Southern England11
Book review “Climate, Ticks and Disease” edited by Pat Nuttall11
The epidemiology of human ehrlichiosis in Texas, 2008-201711
Nation-wide surveillance of tick (Acari: Ixodidae) infestations of humans in Singapore10
First molecular confirmation of multiple zoonotic vector-borne diseases in pet dogs and cats of Hong Kong SAR10
Biological control of ticks in domestic environments: Modeling the potential impact of entomopathogenic fungi on the transmission of East Coast fever in cattle10
The prevalence and distribution of Anaplasma phagocytophilum genotypes in Ixodes ricinus nymphs collected from farm- and woodland sites in Ireland10
Spatiotemporal dynamics of Ixodes ricinus abundance in northern Spain10
Environmental and host factors underlying tick-borne virus infection in wild animals: Investigation of the emerging Yezo virus in Hokkaido, Japan10
A mammal tick with a taste for lizard blood: Parasitism by the kangaroo soft tick, (Ornithodoros gurneyi) on sleepy lizards (Tiliqua rugosa)10
New insight into the tick neuronal nicotinic acetylcholine receptors: from molecular to pharmacological studies10
Circulation of four species of Anaplasmataceae bacteria in ticks in Harbin, northeastern China10
First molecular detection of Spiroplasma spp. in ticks from horses in Brazil10
Combination of cypermethrin and thymol for control of Rhipicephalus microplus: Efficacy evaluation and description of an action mechanism10
Tick ecology and Lyme borreliosis prevention: a regional survey of pharmacists’ knowledge in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France10
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) 110
Characterization of tick-borne encephalitis virus isolated from tick infesting dog in central Hokkaido in 201810
Ticks (Acari: Ixodidae) on marsh deer (Blastocerus dichotomus) at a conservation center: infestation and Rickettsia parkeri infection dynamics along nine years10
Voles, shrews and red squirrels as sources of tick blood meals and tick-borne pathogens on an island in southwestern Finland10
Candidatus Lariskella arthopodarum endosymbiont is the main factor differentiating the microbiome communities of female and male Borrelia-positive Ixodes persulcatus ticks10
Reconstruction of mitochondrial genomes from raw sequencing data provides insights on the phylogeny of Ixodes ticks and cautions for species misidentification10
Consumption of healthcare services and antibiotics in patients with presumed disseminated Lyme borreliosis before and after evaluation of an infectious disease specialist10
Equine piroplasmosis in different geographical areas in France: Prevalence heterogeneity of asymptomatic carriers and low genetic diversity of Theileria equi and Babesia caballi10
Subolesin gene structure and mRNA isoform diversity in South African R. microplus ticks: Relevance for understanding subolesin-based tick vaccines10
Functional analysis of Rickettsia monacensis strain humboldt folA dihydrofolate reductase gene via complementation assay10
An ecological approach to predict areas with established populations of Ixodes scapularis in Quebec, Canada10
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Predicting distributions of blacklegged ticks (Ixodes scapularis), Lyme disease spirochetes (Borrelia burgdorferi sensu stricto) and human Lyme disease cases in the eastern United States9
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 study9
First screening for tick-borne pathogens in Chinese Milu deer (Elaphurus davidianus)9
Variation of diazinon and amitraz susceptibility of Hyalomma marginatum (Acari: Ixodidae) in the Rabat-Sale-Kenitra region of Morocco9
A molecular phylogenetic investigation of tick species in Eastern and Southeastern Anatolia9
Pathogens in ticks collected in Israel: II. Bacteria and protozoa found in Rhipicephalus sanguineus sensu lato and Rhipicephalus turanicus9
Orally delivered fipronil-laced bait reduces juvenile blacklegged tick (Ixodes scapularis) burdens on wild white-footed mice (Peromyscus leucopus)9
Diversity of Rickettsia spp. in ticks from wild mammals of Morocco and Mauritania9
Modification of the multiplex plasmid PCR assay for Borrelia miyamotoi strain LB-2001 based on the complete genome sequence reflecting genomic rearrangements differing from strain CT13–23969
Tick infestation level interferes with spray formulation (organophosphate + pyrethroid) efficacy against Rhipicephalus microplus9
Perceived vulnerability for Lyme disease questionnaire: A social science tool for understanding tick-borne disease attitudes9
Neuropeptides in Rhipicephalus microplus and other hard ticks9
Cytauxzoon felis in salivary glands of Amblyomma americanum9
Effects of ticks on community assemblages of ectoparasites in deer mice9
Fatal cases of bovine anaplasmosis in a herd infected with different Anaplasma marginale genotypes in southern Spain9
Exploring Borrelia in Australia: Isolation, genomic characterisation, and host and vector associations9
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