Background: Lyme disease (LD) is an emergent vector-borne disease caused by Borrelia
spp. and transmitted through infected ticks, mainly Ixodes spp. Our objective was to …

Objective To evaluate the different etiologies and clinical subtypes of bilateral vestibular
hypofunction (BVH) and the value of diagnostic tools in the diagnostic process of BVH …

In Europe, the main vector of tick-borne zoonoses is Ixodes ricinus, which has three life
stages. During their development cycle, ticks take three separate blood meals from a wide …

Background Nationwide surveys have shown a threefold increase in general practitioner
(GP) consultations for tick bites and early Lyme borreliosis from 1994 to 2009 in the …

Zoonoses are currently considered as one of the most important threats for Public Health
worldwide. Zoonoses can be defined as any disease or infection that is naturally …

Abstract The Asian rodent tick (Ixodes granulatus) occurs throughout much of Asia, it
frequently bites humans, and zoonotic pathogens, such as Borrelia burgdorferi (sensu lato) …

Airborne pathogenic transmission from sources to humans is characterised by atmospheric
dispersion and influence of environmental conditions on deposition and reaerosolisation …

Lyme borreliosis (LB) is the most prevalent tick-borne disease in Europe and its incidence
has steadily increased over the last two decades. In the Netherlands alone, more than …

The socio-economic and demographic changes that occurred over the past 50 years have
dramatically expanded urban areas around the globe, thus bringing urban settlers in closer …

Background Elucidating which wildlife species significantly contribute to the maintenance of
Ixodes ricinus populations and the enzootic cycles of the pathogens they transmit is …