Ticks and Tick-Borne Diseases

Article	Citations
Editorial Board	129
The importance of the tortoise tick Hyalomma aegyptium as a carrier of bacterial agents on a wide range	92
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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	59
Genetic diversity of equine piroplasmosis agents in Guadeloupe (Caribbeans): first report of Theileria haneyi, evaluation of diagnostic tools and impact of horse movement	57
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	50
Evaluation of Theileria equi vertical transmission rate and routes in a cohort of asymptomatic mares and their foals	49
Tick (Acari: Ixodoidea) fauna and zoogeographic division of Jiangxi Province, China	46
Microbial network stability, not diversity, drives colonization resistance against Borrelia afzelii in Ixodes ricinus ticks	43
An insight into the ovary and midgut transcriptome of Dermacentor nitens tick	39
Seroprevalence and seroconversion of Lyme borreliosis among tick-bitten individuals: A multi-assay serosurveillance study	35
Quantitative detection of Theileria haneyi in South African horses	33
Genetic diversity in Babesia bovis from southern Africa and estimation of B. bovis infection levels in cattle using an optimised quantitative PCR assay	32
Detection of multiple novel viruses in argasid and ixodid ticks in Mexico	32
Emerging neurotropic tick-borne flavivirus infections in goats and wild ungulates in the Italian Alps	32
Editorial Board	31
Trypanosoma vespertilionis detected but not Spiroplasma ixodetis in Carios vespertilionis (short-legged bat ticks) collected in Sweden	31
Detection of Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato DNA in cerebrospinal fluid samples following pre-enrichment culture	31
Tick-borne diseases under the radar in the North Sea Region	30
Growth dynamics and tissue localization of a Coxiella-like endosymbiont in the tick Haemaphysalis longicornis	30
The utility of a maximum entropy species distribution model for Ixodes scapularis in predicting the public health risk of Lyme disease in Ontario, Canada	28
Prevalence of Rickettsia africae in tick vectors collected from mammalian hosts in sub-Saharan Africa: A systematic review and meta-analysis	28
Argas ticks (Ixodida: Argasidae) on migratory birds from Africa: first record of a genotype close to Argas africolumbae in Italy	27
Hard ticks (Acari: Ixodidae) parasitizing bushbabies (Mammalia: Galagidae) in a biodiversity hotspot of northern South Africa	27
Epidemiological compatibility of Amblyomma sculptum as possible vector and Panthera onca as reservoir of Cytauxzoon spp. in Midwestern Brazil	26

Molecular detection and genetic characterization of Anaplasma marginale and Anaplasma platys in cattle in Nigeria	24
Ehrlichia ruminantium (Ehrlichiaceae) infection rates and genotyping in Amblyomma species from southern Africa	24
Risk factors for tick infestation and equine Piroplasmosis infection among draught horses in France	24
Canine ehrlichiosis in Northern Australia: A sensitivity and elasticity analysis of	23
Seroprevalence of Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato and incidence of Lyme borreliosis in Switzerland	22
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
Detection of Babesia species in questing Ixodes ricinus ticks in England and Wales	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
Unusual increase in tularemia incidence in Alsace, Northeastern France in 2024	20
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	20
Phlebovirus diversity in ticks from livestock in arid ecologies in Kenya	20
Rickettsioses in Colombia during the 20th century: A historical review	20
Cervids and raccoon dogs as wildlife sentinels for the geographical distribution of tick-borne encephalitis virus and Francisella tularensis in Denmark	20
Occurrence and clinical manifestations of tick-borne rickettsioses in Western Siberia: First Russian cases of Rickettsia aeschlimannii and Rickettsia slovaca infections	20
Prevalence of Coxiella-infections in ticks - review and meta-analysis	19
Letter to the editor for: Can the booster interval for the tick-borne encephalitis (TBE) vaccine ‘FSME-IMMUN’ be prolonged? — A systematic review	19
Reply by AEP to the response	19
Structural studies of chromosomally encoded outer surface lipoprotein BB0158 from Borrelia burgdorferi sensu stricto	18
Clobetasol increases the abundance of Borrelia burgdorferi in the skin 70 times more in male mice compared to female mice	18
Two novel Ehrlichia (Rickettsiales: Anaplasmataceae) strains detected in ticks (Ixodida, Ixodidae) and opossums (Didelphimorphia: Didelphidae) in Argentina	18
An official South African species checklist from the National Tick Collection of South Africa (Gertrud Theiler Tick Museum)	17
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	17
Tick-borne diseases in the North Sea region–A comprehensive overview and recommendations for diagnostics and treatment	17
Rhipicephalus capensis (Acari: Ixodidae), A geographically restricted South African tick, returning with a human traveler to the United States	17
Establishment and multiapproach characterization of Amblyomma sculptum (Acari: Ixodidae) cell line (ASE-14) from Brazil	17
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
Seroprevalence of Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever virus among people living with HIV in Brazzaville, Congo and among blood donors in Bamako, Mali	15
Estimation of medically-attended LB incidence in Norway, Finland and Poland using data from national surveillance and published literature	15
Detection and phylogenetic analysis of Dabieshan tick virus and Okutama tick virus in ticks collected from Cape Toi, Japan	15
Seasonal changes in questing efficiency of wild Amblyomma americanum (Acari: Ixodidae) nymphs	15
Rickettsia spp. in Rhipicephalus sanguineus sensu lato ticks collected from stray dogs in Kerman city, Iran	15
Knowledge, attitudes, and practices for tick bite prevention and tick control among residents of Long Island, New York, USA	15
Frequency of tick bites and associated care-seeking behaviors in the United States	15
Exploring the diversity of Rickettsia in carnivores of the Brazilian cerrado: An analysis of the relationship with ticks	15
High-throughput screening of pathogens in Ixodes ricinus removed from hosts in Lombardy, northern Italy	15
Novel variants of tick-borne encephalitis virus from patient and tick samples in Norway	14
Discordant phylogeographic patterns between the tortoise tick Hyalomma aegyptium and their Testudo graeca hosts	14
Sympatric occurrence of Ixodes ricinus, Haemaphysalis concinna and Haemaphysalis inermis in a wild fauna reserve	14
Tick-borne pathogens in camels: A systematic review and meta-analysis of the prevalence in dromedaries	14
Prevalence of Rickettsia species phylotype G022 and Rickettsia tillamookensis in Ixodes pacificus nymphs and adults from Northern California	14
Rotational and selective protocols using acaricides to control a multi-resistant strain of Rhipicephalus microplus under field conditions in Southern Brazil	14
Editorial Board	14
Natural Panola Mountain Ehrlichia infections in cattle in a longitudinal study of Angus beef calves	14
Exploring spotted-fever and typhus group rickettsiae seroprevalence and associated risk factors among rural inhabitants from Cauca department, Colombia	14
An assessment of the possible recent establishment of Hyalomma rufipes in Hungary	13
Rhipicephalus microplus voraxin-alpha contains B-cell epitopes that reduce ticks’ biological fitness in immunized cattle	13

Tick maps on the virtual globe: First results using the example of Dermacentor reticulatus	13
Molecular survey of Rickettsia spp. in ticks infesting wild animals in six departments in Colombia	13
Editorial Board	13
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Midgut-specific vitellogenin-1 is involved in the negative regulation of Babesia ovata migration or proliferation in Haemaphysalis longicornis tissues	13
Epidemiological study on the prevalence of Anaplasma ovis infection in Aragón, Spain	13
Evaluation of the association between climate warming and the spread and proliferation of Ixodes scapularis in northern states in the Eastern United States	13
Comparison of the efficacy of different methods to apply acaricides for control of Rhipicephalus (Boophilus) microplus	13
Suppressive effects of Ixodes persulcatus sialostatin L2 against Borrelia miyamotoi-stimulated immunity	13
Corrigendum to “Clinical and hematologic features of experimental theileriosis in roan calves (Hippotragus equinus)” [Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases 12 (2021) 101644]	13
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	13
Tribute to Prof. Dr. Thomas Gustav Tore Jaenson, Uppsala University, Sweden	13
The inoculation eschar of Rickettsia parkeri rickettsiosis in Brazil: Importance and cautions	13
Mapping the risk of exposure to Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever virus in the Iberian Peninsula using Eurasian wild boar (Sus scrofa) as a model	13
Climate drivers of tick-borne encephalitis in the Veneto Region, Italy, 2007–2024	13
Development of inactivated heartwater (Ehrlichia ruminantium) vaccine in South Africa	13
Tick abundance and diversity are substantially lower in thinned vs. unthinned forests in the New Jersey Pinelands National Reserve, USA	13
Molecular detection of Borrelia sp. in Ornithodoros cavernicolous (Acari: Argasidae) in midwestern Brazil	13
Rapid invasion and expansion of the Asian longhorned tick (Haemaphysalis longicornis) into a new area on Long Island, New York, USA	12
Amblyomma sparsum Neumann 1899 on migratory birds from Africa: First records in Italy	12
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
First record of Haemaphysalis concinna (Acari: Ixodidae) tick in the Khalkh Numrug basin of Eastern Mongolia	12
Hyalomma aegyptium: Observed global distribution, imported specimens, preferred hosts and vector competence	12
Immunization of guinea pigs with cement extract induces resistance against Ixodes scapularis ticks	12
First molecular detection of Anaplasma marginale, Babesia bovis, and hemotropic Mycoplasma spp. in bovine colostrum	12
Evaluating spatial and temporal patterns of tick exposure in the United States using community science data submitted through a smartphone application	12
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	12
Book review “Climate, Ticks and Disease” edited by Pat Nuttall	12
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	12
In vitro acaricidal activity of essential oils and their binary mixtures against ixodes scapularis (Acari: Ixodidae)	12
Multilocus genetic analysis indicates taxonomic status of “Candidatus Rickettsia mendelii” as a separate basal group	12
Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato infection in Ixodes ricinus ticks in urban green areas in Prague	12
Voles, shrews and red squirrels as sources of tick blood meals and tick-borne pathogens on an island in southwestern Finland	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
Candidatus Lariskella arthopodarum endosymbiont is the main factor differentiating the microbiome communities of female and male Borrelia-positive Ixodes persulcatus ticks	11
Propagation of Encephalitozoon cuniculi in tick cell lines supports the plausibility of possible tick-mediated transmission of this microsporidian	11
First molecular confirmation of multiple zoonotic vector-borne diseases in pet dogs and cats of Hong Kong SAR	11
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Pathogen screening in ticks impacted by microbial reference genomes	11
Tick ecology and Lyme borreliosis prevention: a regional survey of pharmacists’ knowledge in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France	11
New rules for the submission of review articles to Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases	11
Identification of ticks from North of Italy by MALDI-TOF MS	11
Quantitative proteomic analysis of salivary glands in female Ornithodoros lahorensis (syn. Alveonasus lahorensis) after blood feeding via DIA-coupled LC-MS/MS	11
New insight into the tick neuronal nicotinic acetylcholine receptors: from molecular to pharmacological studies	11
An ecological approach to predict areas with established populations of Ixodes scapularis in Quebec, Canada	11
Subolesin gene structure and mRNA isoform diversity in South African R. microplus ticks: Relevance for understanding subolesin-based tick vaccines	11
Spatiotemporal dynamics of Ixodes ricinus abundance in northern Spain	11
Presence and identity of Babesia microti in Ireland	11
Insights into the contribution of multiple factors on Ixodes ricinus abundance across Europe spanning 20 years using different machine learning algorithms	11
Development and validation of software that quantifies the larval mortality of Rhipicephalus (Boophilus) microplus cattle tick	11
Circulation of four species of Anaplasmataceae bacteria in ticks in Harbin, northeastern China	11
Equine piroplasmosis in different geographical areas in France: Prevalence heterogeneity of asymptomatic carriers and low genetic diversity of Theileria equi and Babesia caballi	10
The prevalence and distribution of Anaplasma phagocytophilum genotypes in Ixodes ricinus nymphs collected from farm- and woodland sites in Ireland	10
Diversity of Rickettsia spp. in ticks from wild mammals of Morocco and Mauritania	10
Pathogens in ticks collected in Israel: II. Bacteria and protozoa found in Rhipicephalus sanguineus sensu lato and Rhipicephalus turanicus	10
Borrelia circulating in soft ticks infesting colonial breeding seabirds along the Portuguese coast	10
Nation-wide surveillance of tick (Acari: Ixodidae) infestations of humans in Singapore	10
Functional analysis of Rickettsia monacensis strain humboldt folA dihydrofolate reductase gene via complementation assay	10
First screening for tick-borne pathogens in Chinese Milu deer (Elaphurus davidianus)	10
Perceived vulnerability for Lyme disease questionnaire: A social science tool for understanding tick-borne disease attitudes	10
Biological control of ticks in domestic environments: Modeling the potential impact of entomopathogenic fungi on the transmission of East Coast fever in cattle	10
Environmental and host factors underlying tick-borne virus infection in wild animals: Investigation of the emerging Yezo virus in Hokkaido, Japan	10
Cytauxzoon felis in salivary glands of Amblyomma americanum	10
Exploring Borrelia in Australia: Isolation, genomic characterisation, and host and vector associations	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
Hemopathogens in naturally infected bovine fetuses in Brazil	9
Ixodid tick species found in northern Sweden – Data from a frontier area	9
Exploring the influence of host community composition on the outbreak potential of Anaplasma phagocytophilum and Borrelia burgdorferi s.l.	9
Obtainment of prescribed analgesics among patients with Lyme neuroborreliosis; a nationwide, population-based matched cohort study	9
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	9
Description of Rhipicephalus hibericus sp. nov. (Ixodoidea: Ixodidae), a species of the Rhipicephalus sanguineus group in southwestern Europe	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
Prevalence of Bourbon and Heartland viruses in field collected ticks at an environmental field station in St. Louis County, Missouri, USA	9
Dermal secretion physiology and thermoregulation in the lone star tick, Amblyomma americanum	9
Neuropeptides in Rhipicephalus microplus and other hard ticks	9
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	9
Molecular detection and characterization of tick-borne parasites in goats and ticks from Thailand	9
Morphological anomalies in hard ticks (Acari: Ixodidae) from Brazil	9
Discriminating between Lyme neuroborreliosis and other central nervous system infections by use of biomarkers CXCL13 and IL-6	9
Identification of Rickettsia conorii Indian tick typhus strain in a Patient and an Attached Rhipicephalus turanicus Tick in Xinjiang, China	9

Obituary. James Edward Keirans (1935-2023)	9
Predicting distributions of blacklegged ticks (Ixodes scapularis), Lyme disease spirochetes (Borrelia burgdorferi sensu stricto) and human Lyme disease cases in the eastern United States	9
Orally delivered fipronil-laced bait reduces juvenile blacklegged tick (Ixodes scapularis) burdens on wild white-footed mice (Peromyscus leucopus)	9
Absence of Coxiella burnetii in kangaroo ticks (Amblyomma triguttatum) from a high seroprevalence population of eastern grey kangaroos	9
A mutation associated with resistance to synthetic pyrethroids is widespread in US populations of the tropical lineage of Rhipicephalus sanguineus s.l	9