Ticks and Tick-Borne Diseases

Article	Citations
Vector competence studies with hard ticks and Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato spirochetes: A review	77
First records of adult Hyalomma marginatum and H. rufipes ticks (Acari: Ixodidae) in Sweden	56
What do we still need to know about Ixodes ricinus?	53
Tick-borne diseases and co-infection: Current considerations	51
The distribution limit of the common tick, Ixodes ricinus, and some associated pathogens in north-western Europe	51
Dermacentor reticulatus is a vector of tick-borne encephalitis virus	51
Theileria orientalis Ikeda in host-seeking Haemaphysalis longicornis in Virginia, U.S.A.	49
Host association of Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato: A review	46
Tick exposures and alpha-gal syndrome: A systematic review of the evidence	43
Cattle ticks and tick-borne diseases: a review of Uganda's situation	43
Prevalence of single and coinfections of human pathogens in Ixodes ticks from five geographical regions in the United States, 2013–2019	43
Vector competence of Rhipicephalus sanguineus sensu stricto for Anaplasma platys	41
Phylogenies from mitochondrial genomes of 120 species of ticks: Insights into the evolution of the families of ticks and of the genus Amblyomma	40
Ticks climb the mountains: Ixodid tick infestation and infection by tick-borne pathogens in the Western Alps	40
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	36
Ixodes scapularis saliva components that elicit responses associated with acquired tick-resistance	36
Monitoring of ticks and tick-borne pathogens through a nationwide research station network in Finland	33
Tick-borne encephalitis outbreak following raw goat milk consumption in a new micro-location, Croatia, June 2019	32
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	29
The emergence of human Powassan virus infection in North America	29
Exploring the prevalence and diversity of bovine ticks in five agro-ecological zones of Pakistan using phenetic and genetic tools	27
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	26
A multi-seasonal study investigating the phenology, host and habitat associations, and pathogens of Haemaphysalis longicornis in Virginia, U.S.A	25
Rhipicephalus microplus: An overview of vaccine antigens against the cattle tick	25
A metagenomic examination of the pathobiome of the invasive tick species, Haemaphysalis longicornis, collected from a New York City borough, USA	25

The biology of Ixodes ricinus with emphasis on its ecology	25
Description of a new species of Ixodes (Acari: Ixodidae) and first report of Ixodes lasallei and Ixodes bocatorensis in Brazil	24
Multiple acaricide-resistant Rhipicephalus microplus in the semi-arid region of Paraíba State, Brazil	24
Context matters: Contrasting behavioral and residential risk factors for Lyme disease between high-incidence states in the Northeastern and Midwestern United States	24
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	24
Tick-borne encephalitis virus in Ixodes ricinus (Acari: Ixodidae) ticks, Tunisia	24
Molecular survey on tick-borne pathogens and Leishmania infantum in red foxes (Vulpes vulpes) from southern Italy	23
Humans infested with Ixodes ricinus are exposed to a diverse array of tick-borne pathogens in Serbia	23
Ornithodoros cerradoensis n. sp. (Acari: Argasidae), a member of the Ornithodoros talaje (Guérin-Méneville, 1849) group, parasite of rodents in the Brazilian Savannah	23
The genus Rickettsia in Mexico: Current knowledge and perspectives	22
Two-year monitoring of tick abundance and influencing factors in an urban area (city of Hanover, Germany)	22
Repeat tick exposure elicits distinct immune responses in guinea pigs and mice	22
Modelling habitat suitability for occurrence of human tick-borne encephalitis (TBE) cases in Finland	22
Tick-borne pathogens and their vectors in Kazakhstan – A review	22
Two novel Rickettsia species of soft ticks in North Africa: ‘Candidatus Rickettsia africaseptentrionalis’ and ‘Candidatus Rickettsia mauretanica’	21
Prevalence of tick-borne encephalitis virus and Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato in Ixodes ricinus ticks in Lower Bavaria and Upper Palatinate, Germany	21
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	21
Wild boar as a potential reservoir of zoonotic tick-borne pathogens	21
First report of human exposure to Hyalomma marginatum in England: Further evidence of a Hyalomma moulting event in north-western Europe?	20
Molecular detection of tick-borne pathogens harbored by ticks collected from livestock in the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, China	20
Tick species identification and molecular detection of tick-borne pathogens in blood and ticks collected from cattle in Egypt	20
First record of Hyalomma rufipes in the Czech Republic, with a review of relevant cases in other parts of Europe	20
Human seroprevalence of antibodies to tick-borne microbes in southern Norway	20
Capybaras (Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris) as amplifying hosts of Rickettsia rickettsii to Amblyomma sculptum ticks: Evaluation during primary and subsequent exposures to R. rickettsii infection	19
Lyme neuroborreliosis in adults: A nationwide prospective cohort study	19
First record of Hepatozoon spp. in domestic cats in Greece	19
First molecular detection of Anaplasma species in cattle from Kyrgyzstan; molecular identification of human pathogenic novel genotype Anaplasma capra and Anaplasma phagocytophilum related strain	19
Tick-borne encephalitis incidence forecasts for Austria, Germany, and Switzerland	19
Molecular characterization of tick-borne bacteria and protozoans in yaks (Bos grunniens), Tibetan sheep (Ovis aries) and Bactrian camels (Camelus bactrianus) in the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau Area, China	19
Rhipicephalus microplus cystatin as a potential cross-protective tick vaccine against Rhipicephalus appendiculatus	19
Molecular survey of tick-borne pathogens reveals a high prevalence and low genetic variability of Hepatozoon canis in free-ranging grey wolves (Canis lupus) in Germany	19
Systematic review on the non-vectorial transmission of Tick-borne encephalitis virus (TBEv)	19
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	18
Personal protection measures to prevent tick bites in the United States: Knowledge gaps, challenges, and opportunities	18
Borrelia burgdorferi hijacks cellular metabolism of immune cells: Consequences for host defense	18
First report of Nosomma monstrosum ticks infesting Asian water buffaloes (Bubalus bubalis) in Pakistan	18
Clinical, epidemiological, and laboratory features of Rickettsia parkeri rickettsiosis: A systematic review	17
Multiple orthonairoviruses including Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever virus, Tamdy virus and the novel Meram virus in Anatolia	17
Binary combinations of thymol, carvacrol and eugenol for Amblyomma sculptum control: Evaluation of in vitro synergism and effectiveness under semi-field conditions	17
Molecular detection of vector-borne agents in ectoparasites and reptiles from Brazil	17
Knowledge, attitudes, and behaviors regarding tick-borne disease prevention in Lyme disease-endemic areas of the Upper Midwest, United States	17
Molecular phylogeny of Amblyomma exornatum and Amblyomma transversale, with reinstatement of the genus Africaniella (Acari: Ixodidae) for the latter	17
Spatial distribution of alpha-gal in Ixodes ricinus – A histological study	17
A life stage-targeted acaricide application approach for the control of Haemaphysalis longicornis	17
Epidemiological investigation of Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever virus infection among the one-humped camels (Camelus dromedarius) in southern Tunisia	17
A novel type 1 cystatin involved in the regulation of Rhipicephalus microplus midgut cysteine proteases	16
Can the booster interval for the tick-borne encephalitis (TBE) vaccine ‘FSME-IMMUN’ be prolonged? — A systematic review	16
New records of Amblyomma gervaisi from Pakistan, with detection of a reptile-associated Borrelia sp.	16
Ehrlichia canis TRP36 diversity in naturally infected-dogs from an urban area of Colombia	16
Fine-scale determinants of the spatiotemporal distribution of Ixodes scapularis in Quebec (Canada)	16

Translational biotechnology for the control of ticks and tick-borne diseases	16
The epidemiology of infectious diseases in Europe in 2020 versus 2017–2019 and the rise of tick-borne encephalitis (1995–2020)	16
Identical 18S rRNA haplotypes of Hepatozoon canis in dogs and foxes in Brandenburg, Germany	16
Detection of pathogens in ixodid ticks collected from animals and vegetation in five regions of Ukraine	16
Ticks (Acari: Ixodidae) on birds migrating to the island of Ponza, Italy, and the tick-borne pathogens they carry	16
Operational TBE incidence forecasts for Austria, Germany, and Switzerland 2019–2021	16
Ehrlichiosis and anaplasmosis subcommittee report to the Tick-borne Disease Working Group	15
Rhipicephalus microplus serpins interfere with host immune responses by specifically modulating mast cells and lymphocytes	15
Voltage-gated sodium channel gene mutations and pyrethroid resistance in Rhipicephalus microplus	15
Comparative genomic analysis of the first Ehrlichia canis detections in Australia	15
Turkey tick news: A molecular investigation into the presence of tick-borne pathogens in host-seeking ticks in Anatolia; Initial evidence of putative vectors and pathogens, and footsteps of a secretly	15
A new report of adult Hyalomma marginatum and Hyalomma rufipes in the Czech Republic	15
Metatranscriptomic virome assessment of Rhipicephalus microplus from Colombia	15
Molecular screening of cattle ticks, tick-borne pathogens and amitraz resistance in ticks of Santo Domingo de los Tsáchilas province in Ecuador	15
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	15
Molecular detection and characterization of Anaplasma platys and Ehrlichia canis in dogs from the Caribbean	15
Establishing a baseline for tick surveillance in Alaska: Tick collection records from 1909-2019	15
Prevalence of Coxiella-infections in ticks - review and meta-analysis	14
Anaplasma marginale in goats from a multispecies grazing system in northeastern Brazil	14
Tick treatment practices in the field: Access to, knowledge about, and on-farm use of acaricides in Laikipia, Kenya	14
Identification of Rickettsia spp., Anaplasma spp., and an Ehrlichia canis-like agent in Rhipicephalus microplus from Southwest and South-Central China	14
Combination of cypermethrin and thymol for control of Rhipicephalus microplus: Efficacy evaluation and description of an action mechanism	14
Extensive genetic diversity of Anaplasma bovis in ruminants in Xi’an, China	14
Molecular identification and evaluation of Coxiella-like endosymbionts genetic diversity carried by cattle ticks in Algeria	14
Tick species infesting humans in the United States	14
Severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome in canines from the Republic of Korea	14
Effects of carvacrol and thymol on the antioxidant and detoxifying enzymes of Rhipicephalus microplus (Acari: Ixodidae)	14
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	14
Description of a new soft tick species (Acari: Argasidae: Ornithodoros) parasite of Octodon degus (Rodentia: Octodontidae) in northern Chile	14
Prevalence of tick-borne encephalitis virus in questing Dermacentor reticulatus and Ixodes ricinus ticks in Lithuania	13
Bacterial community profiling highlights complex diversity and novel organisms in wildlife 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
Emergence of the zoonotic tick Dermacentor (Indocentor) auratus Supino, 1897 (Acari: Ixodidae) in Singapore	13
Molecular identification and characterization of Rickettsia spp. and other tick-borne pathogens in cattle and their ticks from Huambo, Angola	13
Free-living ticks (Acari: Ixodidae) in the Iguaçu National Park, Brazil: Temporal dynamics and questing behavior on vegetation	13
Simultaneous differential detection of canine blood parasites: Multiplex high-resolution melting analysis (mHRM)	13
Characterization of overwintering sites of Haemaphysalis longicornis (Acari: Ixodidae) and tick infection rate with severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome virus from eight provinces in South Kore	13
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	13
Tick-borne pathogens in dogs, wild small mammals and their ectoparasites in the semi-arid Caatinga biome, northeastern Brazil	13
Bacterial and protozoan agents found in Hyalomma aegyptium (L., 1758) (Ixodida: Ixodidae) collected from Testudo graeca L., 1758 (Reptilia: Testudines) in Corum Province of Turkey	13
Ticks, fleas and rodent-hosts analyzed for the presence of Borrelia miyamotoi in Slovakia: the first record of Borrelia miyamotoi in a Haemaphysalis inermis tick	13
Identification of the proteins of Borrelia garinii interacting with human brain microvascular endothelial cells	13
Experiences with tick exposure, Lyme disease, and use of personal prevention methods for tick bites among members of the U.S. population, 2013–2015	12
Potential distribution of Amblyomma mixtum (Koch, 1844) in climate change scenarios in the Americas	12
Survey of ticks and tick-borne agents in maned wolves (Chrysocyon brachyurus) from a natural landscape in Brazil	12
A retrospective evaluation of heparin product reactions in patients with alpha-gal allergies	12
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	12
Novel quaranjavirus and other viral sequences identified from ticks parasitizing hunted wildlife in Trinidad and Tobago	12
Distribution of ticks in Bosnia and Herzegovina	12
First reports of indigenous lethal infection with Anaplasma marginale, Anaplasma bovis and Theileria orientalis in Croatian cattle	12
The role of different species of wild ungulates and Ixodes ricinus ticks in the circulation of genetic variants of Anaplasma phagocytophilum in a forest biotope in north-western Poland	12
First detection of Amblyomma variegatum and molecular finding of Rickettsia africae in Sardinia, Italy	12
The lymphocyte populations and their migration into the central nervous system in tick-borne encephalitis	12
Clinical/serological outcome in humans bitten by Babesia species positive Ixodes ricinus ticks in Sweden and on the Åland Islands	11
Tick-borne encephalitis virus (TBEV) infection in pregnancy: Absence of virus transmission to the fetuses despite severe maternal disease – A case study	11
New geographical area on the map of Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever virus: First serological evidence in the Hungarian population	11
Human seroepidemiology of Rickettsia and Orientia species in Chile – A cross-sectional study in five regions	11
Microclimate conditions alter Ixodes scapularis (Acari: Ixodidae) overwinter survival across climate gradients in Maine, United States	11
Survey of Rickettsia parkeri and Amblyomma maculatum associated with small mammals in southeastern Virginia	11
A comparison of horizontal and transovarial transmission efficiency of Borrelia miyamotoi by Ixodes scapularis	11
Experience and knowledge of Lyme disease: A scoping review of patient-provider communication	11
Diversity of Rickettsia in ticks collected from wild animals in Panama	11
Ticks and rickettsial exposure in lowland tapirs (Tapirus terrestris) of three Brazilian biomes	11
Complete mitochondrial genome characterization and phylogenetic analyses of the main vector of Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever virus: Hyalomma marginatum Koch, 1844	11
Symbiont dynamics during the blood meal of Ixodes ricinus nymphs differ according to their sex	11
On the way between Africa and Europe: Molecular taxonomy of ticks collected from birds in Malta	11
Metagenomic analysis of individually analyzed ticks from Eastern Europe demonstrates regional and sex-dependent differences in the microbiota of Ixodes ricinus	11
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	11
Neuropeptides in Rhipicephalus microplus and other hard ticks	11
In vitro and in silico studies of the larvicidal and anticholinesterase activities of berberine and piperine alkaloids on Rhipicephalus microplus	11
Update on the presence of Ixodes ricinus at the western limit of its range and the prevalence of Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato	11
Autochthonous tick-borne encephalitis in the United Kingdom: A second probable human case and local eco-epidemiological findings	11
Occurrence and clinical manifestations of tick-borne rickettsioses in Western Siberia: First Russian cases of Rickettsia aeschlimannii and Rickettsia slovaca infections	10
Ehrlichia, Coxiella and Bartonella infections in rodents from Guizhou Province, Southwest China	10
Molecular detection and phylogeny of Anaplasma spp. in cattle reveals the presence of novel strains closely related to A. phagocytophilum in Turkey	10
Changes in the geographic distribution of the blacklegged tick, Ixodes scapularis, in the United States	10
Records of ticks (Acari: Ixodidae) on humans and distribution of spotted-fever cases and its tick vectors in Paraná State, southern Brazil	10
Prevalence of Anaplasma phagocytophilum in questing Ixodes ricinus nymphs across twenty recreational areas in England and Wales	10
Molecular identification and genetic characterization of tick-borne pathogens in sheep and goats at two farms in the central and southern regions of Malawi	10
High genetic diversity and superinfection by Anaplasma marginale strains in naturally infected Angus beef cattle during a clinical anaplasmosis outbreak in southeastern Brazil	10

Associations between wild birds and hard ticks (Acari: Ixodidae) in Colombia	10
Evaluation of a novel multiplex PCR amplicon sequencing assay for detection of human pathogens in Ixodes ticks	10
DNA barcoding of hard ticks (Ixodidae), notes on distribution of vector species and new faunal record for Croatia	10
Identification and distribution of nine tick-borne spotted fever group Rickettsiae in the Country of Georgia	10
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	10
Vaccine approaches applied to controlling dog ticks	10
Bovine immunisation with a recombinant peptide derived from synthetic SBm7462® (Bm86 epitope construct) immunogen for Rhipicephalus microplus control	10
Phylogenetic analysis of Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever virus in inner Mongolia, China	10
Detection of emerging tick-borne disease agents in the Alpes-Maritimes region, southeastern France	10
Anaplasma capra in sheep and goats on Corsica Island, France: A European lineage within A. capra clade II?	10
Rickettsia spp. and Ehrlichia spp. in Amblyomma ticks parasitizing wild amphibious sea kraits and yellow-margined box turtles in Okinawa, Japan	10
Chitin increases drying survival of encapsulated Metarhizium pemphigi blastospores for Ixodes ricinus control	10
Are other tick-borne infections overlooked in patients investigated for Lyme neuroborreliosis? A large retrospective study from South-eastern Sweden	10
Prevalence of bovine Babesia spp., Anaplasma marginale, and their co-infections in Latin America: Systematic review-meta-analysis	10
Molecular detection and genetic characterization of Anaplasma marginale and Anaplasma platys in cattle in Nigeria	10
Prevalence of Babesia canis DNA in Ixodes ricinus ticks collected in forest and urban ecosystems in west-central Poland	10
The European bison (Bison bonasus) as an indicatory species for the circulation of tick-borne encephalitis virus (TBEV) in natural foci in Poland	10
The guinea pig model for tick-borne spotted fever rickettsioses: A second look	10
Candidatus Neoehrlichia mikurensis is widespread in questing Ixodes ricinus ticks in the Czech Republic	10
Changes in Lyme neuroborreliosis incidence in Denmark, 1996 to 2015	10
Rickettsia amblyommatis isolated from Amblyomma mixtum (Acari: Ixodida) from two sites in Panama	10
Clinical and epidemiological comparison of Rickettsia parkeri rickettsiosis, related to Amblyomma triste and Amblyomma tigrinum, in Argentina	10
Longitudinal dynamics and health impact of Hepatozoon procyonis (Apicomplexa: Hepatozoidae) on naturally infected ring-tailed coatis Nasua nasua (Carnivora: Procyonidae) from Midwestern Brazil	9
Molecular discrimination of Hyalomma tick species serving as reservoirs and vectors for Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever virus in sub-Saharan Africa	9
Two novel Ehrlichia (Rickettsiales: Anaplasmataceae) strains detected in ticks (Ixodida, Ixodidae) and opossums (Didelphimorphia: Didelphidae) in Argentina	9
Tick distribution and detection of Babesia and Theileria species in Eastern and Southern Kazakhstan	9
Partial characterization of the voltage-gated sodium channel gene and molecular detection of permethrin resistance in Rhipicephalus annulatus (Say, 1821)	9
Stray Mexico origin cattle captured crossing into Southern Texas carry Babesia bovis and other tick-borne pathogens	9
Phylogenetic analysis, genetic diversity and geographical distribution of Babesia caballi based on 18S rRNA gene	9
Emergence of Lyme borreliosis in the province of Verona, Northern Italy: Five-years of sentinel surveillance	9
Infected Ixodes ricinus ticks are attracted by electromagnetic radiation of 900 MHz	9
Tracking tick-borne diseases in Mongolian livestock using next generation sequencing (NGS)	9
Prediction, mapping and validation of tick glutathione S-transferase B-cell epitopes	9
Bovine abortion, stillbirth and neonatal death associated with Babesia bovis and Anaplasma sp. infections in southern Brazil	9
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	9
Molecular detection and characterization of tick-borne parasites in goats and ticks from Thailand	9
Molecular detection and characterisation of protozoan and rickettsial pathogens in ticks from cattle in the pastoral area of Karamoja, Uganda	9
Modeling future climate suitability for the western blacklegged tick, Ixodes pacificus, in California with an emphasis on land access and ownership	9
Identification of Anaplasma marginale in long-eared hedgehogs (Hemiechinus auritus) and their Rhipicephalus turanicus ticks in Iran	9
Vaccine uptake in 20 countries in Europe 2020: Focus on tick-borne encephalitis (TBE)	9
High-throughput sequencing of two European strains of tick-borne encephalitis virus (TBEV), Hochosterwitz and 1993/783	9
Diversity and distribution of ticks in Niigata prefecture, Japan (2016–2018): Changes since 1950	9
Isolation and partial characterisation of a novel Trypanosoma from the tick Ixodes ricinus	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
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	9
Identification and functional analysis of ferritin 2 from the Taiga tick Ixodes persulcatus Schulze	9
A new species of soft tick from dry tropical forests of Brazilian Caatinga	9
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	9
Evaluation of different strategic control protocols for Rhipicephalus microplus on cattle according to tick burden	9
Anaplasmosis in Poland – analysis of 120 patients	9
Strong genetic structure among populations of the tick Ixodes ricinus across its range	9
B. burgdorferi sensu lato-induced inhibition of antigen presentation is mediated by RIP1 signaling resulting in impaired functional T cell responses towards Candida albicans	9