Ticks and Tick-Borne Diseases

Article	Citations
Editorial Board	111
The importance of the tortoise tick Hyalomma aegyptium as a carrier of bacterial agents on a wide range	81
The basis of molecular diagnostics for piroplasmids: Do the sequences lie?	74
Editorial Board	49
Amblyomma ticks in animal carcasses hunted in Mapinguari National Park, Western Amazon, Brazil: New records on species and host-parasite relationships	48
Evaluation of Theileria equi vertical transmission rate and routes in a cohort of asymptomatic mares and their foals	48
Quantitative detection of Theileria haneyi in South African horses	45
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	43
Genetic diversity of equine piroplasmosis agents in Guadeloupe (Caribbeans): first report of Theileria haneyi, evaluation of diagnostic tools and impact of horse movement	39
Tick (Acari: Ixodoidea) fauna and zoogeographic division of Jiangxi Province, China	38
Detection of multiple novel viruses in argasid and ixodid ticks in Mexico	33
Genetic diversity in Babesia bovis from southern Africa and estimation of B. bovis infection levels in cattle using an optimised quantitative PCR assay	31
Editorial Board	31
Tick-borne diseases under the radar in the North Sea Region	30
Molecular detection and genetic characterization of Anaplasma marginale and Anaplasma platys in cattle in Nigeria	29
Ehrlichia ruminantium (Ehrlichiaceae) infection rates and genotyping in Amblyomma species from southern Africa	29
Epidemiological compatibility of Amblyomma sculptum as possible vector and Panthera onca as reservoir of Cytauxzoon spp. in Midwestern Brazil	29
Argas ticks (Ixodida: Argasidae) on migratory birds from Africa: first record of a genotype close to Argas africolumbae in Italy	28
Prevalence of Rickettsia africae in tick vectors collected from mammalian hosts in sub-Saharan Africa: A systematic review and meta-analysis	27
Hard ticks (Acari: Ixodidae) parasitizing bushbabies (Mammalia: Galagidae) in a biodiversity hotspot of northern South Africa	27
The utility of a maximum entropy species distribution model for Ixodes scapularis in predicting the public health risk of Lyme disease in Ontario, Canada	26
gltA typing of Anaplasma strains related to A. platys: Taxonomical and one health implications	26
Detection of Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato DNA in cerebrospinal fluid samples following pre-enrichment culture	26
Risk factors for tick infestation and equine Piroplasmosis infection among draught horses in France	25
Growth dynamics and tissue localization of a Coxiella-like endosymbiont in the tick Haemaphysalis longicornis	25

A new species of tick, Ixodes (Ixodes) mojavensis (Acari: Ixodidae), from the Amargosa Valley of California	24
The structure and behavioral patterns of the human population affected by ixodid tick bites in Irkutsk Region, Eastern Siberia, Russia	23
Phlebovirus diversity in ticks from livestock in arid ecologies in Kenya	23
Rickettsioses in Colombia during the 20th century: A historical review	23
Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato inhibits CIITA transcription through pSTAT3 activation and enhanced SOCS1 and SOCS3 expression leading to limited IFN-γ production	23
Cervids and raccoon dogs as wildlife sentinels for the geographical distribution of tick-borne encephalitis virus and Francisella tularensis in Denmark	23
Detection of Babesia species in questing Ixodes ricinus ticks in England and Wales	23
Molecular characterization and phylogenetic study of Theileria sp. parasites detected in cattle from the Moscow region of Russia	22
Seroprevalence of Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato and incidence of Lyme borreliosis in Switzerland	22
Evaluation of tick salivary and midgut extracellular vesicles as anti-tick vaccines in White-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus)	22
Occurrence and clinical manifestations of tick-borne rickettsioses in Western Siberia: First Russian cases of Rickettsia aeschlimannii and Rickettsia slovaca infections	22
Unusual increase in tularemia incidence in Alsace, Northeastern France in 2024	21
The case of Mediterranean spotted fever of the traveler returned from Zambia	21
Prevalence of Coxiella-infections in ticks - review and meta-analysis	21
Natural Panola Mountain Ehrlichia infections in cattle in a longitudinal study of Angus beef calves	20
Reply by AEP to the response	20
Letter to the editor for: Can the booster interval for the tick-borne encephalitis (TBE) vaccine ‘FSME-IMMUN’ be prolonged? — A systematic review	20
Defining a risk area for tick-borne encephalitis (TBE) in a country where TBE is emerging, the Netherlands, July 2016-October 2020	20
Structural studies of chromosomally encoded outer surface lipoprotein BB0158 from Borrelia burgdorferi sensu stricto	20
Seroprevalence of Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever virus among people living with HIV in Brazzaville, Congo and among blood donors in Bamako, Mali	20
Establishment and multiapproach characterization of Amblyomma sculptum (Acari: Ixodidae) cell line (ASE-14) from Brazil	20
Seasonal changes in questing efficiency of wild Amblyomma americanum (Acari: Ixodidae) nymphs	19
Frequency of tick bites and associated care-seeking behaviors in the United States	19
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	18
Two novel Ehrlichia (Rickettsiales: Anaplasmataceae) strains detected in ticks (Ixodida, Ixodidae) and opossums (Didelphimorphia: Didelphidae) in Argentina	18
Rhipicephalus capensis (Acari: Ixodidae), A geographically restricted South African tick, returning with a human traveler to the United States	18
An official South African species checklist from the National Tick Collection of South Africa (Gertrud Theiler Tick Museum)	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	17
Tick-borne diseases in the North Sea region–A comprehensive overview and recommendations for diagnostics and treatment	17
Molecular investigation of tick-borne pathogens from different regions of Morocco	17
Estimation of medically-attended LB incidence in Norway, Finland and Poland using data from national surveillance and published literature	16
Assessment of the YKL-40 concentration in patients with tick-borne encephalitis	16
A next generation sequencing assay combining Ixodes species identification with pathogen detection to support tick surveillance efforts in the United States	16
Knowledge, attitudes, and practices for tick bite prevention and tick control among residents of Long Island, New York, USA	16
Detection and phylogenetic analysis of Dabieshan tick virus and Okutama tick virus in ticks collected from Cape Toi, Japan	16
Molecular detection of Rickettsia amblyommatis and Rickettsia parkeri in ticks collected from wild pigs in Campeche, Mexico	16
High-throughput screening of pathogens in Ixodes ricinus removed from hosts in Lombardy, northern Italy	15
Tick-borne encephalitis (TBE) vaccine ‘FSME-IMMUN’ boosters — response to the letter by Bernard Hoet and Victoria Jenkins	15
Tick-borne pathogens in camels: A systematic review and meta-analysis of the prevalence in dromedaries	14
Novel variants of tick-borne encephalitis virus from patient and tick samples in Norway	14
Rotational and selective protocols using acaricides to control a multi-resistant strain of Rhipicephalus microplus under field conditions in Southern Brazil	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
Molecular survey of Rickettsia spp. in ticks infesting wild animals in six departments in Colombia	14
Prevalence of Rickettsia species phylotype G022 and Rickettsia tillamookensis in Ixodes pacificus nymphs and adults from Northern California	14
Discordant phylogeographic patterns between the tortoise tick Hyalomma aegyptium and their Testudo graeca hosts	14
Detection of Rickettsia spp. in ring-tailed coatis (Nasua nasua) and ticks of the Iguaçu National Park, Brazilian Atlantic Rainforest	14
Sympatric occurrence of Ixodes ricinus, Haemaphysalis concinna and Haemaphysalis inermis in a wild fauna reserve	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
Tribute to Prof. Dr. Thomas Gustav Tore Jaenson, Uppsala University, Sweden	14

Editorial Board	13
An assessment of the possible recent establishment of Hyalomma rufipes in Hungary	13
Comparison of the efficacy of different methods to apply acaricides for control of Rhipicephalus (Boophilus) microplus	13
Editorial Board	13
Suppressive effects of Ixodes persulcatus sialostatin L2 against Borrelia miyamotoi-stimulated immunity	13
Development of inactivated heartwater (Ehrlichia ruminantium) vaccine in South Africa	13
Epidemiological study on the prevalence of Anaplasma ovis infection in Aragón, Spain	13
Corrigendum to “Clinical and hematologic features of experimental theileriosis in roan calves (Hippotragus equinus)” [Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases 12 (2021) 101644]	13
Tick abundance and diversity are substantially lower in thinned vs. unthinned forests in the New Jersey Pinelands National Reserve, USA	13
Rhipicephalus microplus voraxin-alpha contains B-cell epitopes that reduce ticks’ biological fitness in immunized cattle	13
First molecular detection of Anaplasma species in cattle from Kyrgyzstan; molecular identification of human pathogenic novel genotype Anaplasma capra and Anaplasma phagocytophilum related strain	13
Tick maps on the virtual globe: First results using the example of Dermacentor reticulatus	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
The inoculation eschar of Rickettsia parkeri rickettsiosis in Brazil: Importance and cautions	13
Rapid invasion and expansion of the Asian longhorned tick (Haemaphysalis longicornis) into a new area on Long Island, New York, USA	12
Midgut-specific vitellogenin-1 is involved in the negative regulation of Babesia ovata migration or proliferation in Haemaphysalis longicornis tissues	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
Detection of Borrelia and Babesia species in Haemaphysalis punctata ticks sampled in Southern England	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
Incidence and occurrence of tick-borne encephalitis and neuroborreliosis in Germany	12
Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato infection in Ixodes ricinus ticks in urban green areas in Prague	12
Amblyomma sparsum Neumann 1899 on migratory birds from Africa: First records in Italy	12
Presence and identity of Babesia microti in Ireland	11
Book review “Climate, Ticks and Disease” edited by Pat Nuttall	11
Molecular detection of Borrelia sp. in Ornithodoros cavernicolous (Acari: Argasidae) in midwestern Brazil	11
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	11
First molecular confirmation of multiple zoonotic vector-borne diseases in pet dogs and cats of Hong Kong SAR	11
The prevalence and distribution of Anaplasma phagocytophilum genotypes in Ixodes ricinus nymphs collected from farm- and woodland sites in Ireland	11
Consumption of healthcare services and antibiotics in patients with presumed disseminated Lyme borreliosis before and after evaluation of an infectious disease specialist	11
Quantitative proteomic analysis of salivary glands in female Ornithodoros lahorensis (syn. Alveonasus lahorensis) after blood feeding via DIA-coupled LC-MS/MS	11
Development and validation of software that quantifies the larval mortality of Rhipicephalus (Boophilus) microplus cattle tick	11
Multilocus genetic analysis indicates taxonomic status of “Candidatus Rickettsia mendelii” as a separate basal group	11
Insights into the contribution of multiple factors on Ixodes ricinus abundance across Europe spanning 20 years using different machine learning algorithms	11
Reconstruction of mitochondrial genomes from raw sequencing data provides insights on the phylogeny of Ixodes ticks and cautions for species misidentification	11
Circulation of four species of Anaplasmataceae bacteria in ticks in Harbin, northeastern China	11
An ecological approach to predict areas with established populations of Ixodes scapularis in Quebec, Canada	11
New insight into the tick neuronal nicotinic acetylcholine receptors: from molecular to pharmacological studies	11
Voles, shrews and red squirrels as sources of tick blood meals and tick-borne pathogens on an island in southwestern Finland	11
Candidatus Lariskella arthopodarum endosymbiont is the main factor differentiating the microbiome communities of female and male Borrelia-positive Ixodes persulcatus ticks	11
New rules for the submission of review articles to Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases	11
In vitro acaricidal activity of essential oils and their binary mixtures against ixodes scapularis (Acari: Ixodidae)	11
Hyalomma aegyptium: Observed global distribution, imported specimens, preferred hosts and vector competence	11
Editorial Board	11
Tick ecology and Lyme borreliosis prevention: a regional survey of pharmacists’ knowledge in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France	11
A mammal tick with a taste for lizard blood: Parasitism by the kangaroo soft tick, (Ornithodoros gurneyi) on sleepy lizards (Tiliqua rugosa)	11
Propagation of Encephalitozoon cuniculi in tick cell lines supports the plausibility of possible tick-mediated transmission of this microsporidian	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	10
First molecular detection of Spiroplasma spp. in ticks from horses in Brazil	10
Functional analysis of Rickettsia monacensis strain humboldt folA dihydrofolate reductase gene via complementation assay	10
Cytauxzoon felis in salivary glands of Amblyomma americanum	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
Characterization of tick-borne encephalitis virus isolated from tick infesting dog in central Hokkaido in 2018	10
Combination of cypermethrin and thymol for control of Rhipicephalus microplus: Efficacy evaluation and description of an action mechanism	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
Nation-wide surveillance of tick (Acari: Ixodidae) infestations of humans in Singapore	10
Equine piroplasmosis in different geographical areas in France: Prevalence heterogeneity of asymptomatic carriers and low genetic diversity of Theileria equi and Babesia caballi	10
Diversity of Rickettsia spp. in ticks from wild mammals of Morocco and Mauritania	10
Exploring the influence of host community composition on the outbreak potential of Anaplasma phagocytophilum and Borrelia burgdorferi s.l.	10
Subolesin gene structure and mRNA isoform diversity in South African R. microplus ticks: Relevance for understanding subolesin-based tick vaccines	10
Environmental and host factors underlying tick-borne virus infection in wild animals: Investigation of the emerging Yezo virus in Hokkaido, Japan	10
Pathogen screening in ticks impacted by microbial reference genomes	10
Spatiotemporal dynamics of Ixodes ricinus abundance in northern Spain	10
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 CT13–2396	10
Exploring Borrelia in Australia: Isolation, genomic characterisation, and host and vector associations	10
Variation of diazinon and amitraz susceptibility of Hyalomma marginatum (Acari: Ixodidae) in the Rabat-Sale-Kenitra region of Morocco	9
Pathogens in ticks collected in Israel: II. Bacteria and protozoa found in Rhipicephalus sanguineus sensu lato and Rhipicephalus turanicus	9
Profile of cattle breed sensitivity to the tick Rhipicephalus microplus	9
Obtainment of prescribed analgesics among patients with Lyme neuroborreliosis; a nationwide, population-based matched cohort study	9
Absence of Coxiella burnetii in kangaroo ticks (Amblyomma triguttatum) from a high seroprevalence population of eastern grey kangaroos	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
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	9
Effects of ticks on community assemblages of ectoparasites in deer mice	9
Perceived vulnerability for Lyme disease questionnaire: A social science tool for understanding tick-borne disease attitudes	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
Morphological anomalies in hard ticks (Acari: Ixodidae) from Brazil	9
Editorial Board	9
Tick infestation level interferes with spray formulation (organophosphate + pyrethroid) efficacy against Rhipicephalus microplus	9

Fatal cases of bovine anaplasmosis in a herd infected with different Anaplasma marginale genotypes in southern Spain	9
Neuropeptides in Rhipicephalus microplus and other hard ticks	9
First screening for tick-borne pathogens in Chinese Milu deer (Elaphurus davidianus)	9
Dermal secretion physiology and thermoregulation in the lone star tick, Amblyomma americanum	9
Orally delivered fipronil-laced bait reduces juvenile blacklegged tick (Ixodes scapularis) burdens on wild white-footed mice (Peromyscus leucopus)	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
Molecular detection and characterization of tick-borne parasites in goats and ticks from Thailand	9