In the United States, the blacklegged tick, Ixodes scapularis, is a vector of seven human
pathogens, including those causing Lyme disease, anaplasmosis, babesiosis, Borrelia …

Lyme disease (also known as Lyme borreliosis) is the most common vector-borne disease in
the United States with an estimated 476,000 cases per year. While historically, the long-term …

In recent decades, tickborne disease (TBD) cases and established populations of medically
important ticks have been reported over expanding geographic areas, and an increasing …

Borrelia miyamotoi is a relapsing fever Borrelia group spirochete that is transmitted by the
same hard-bodied (ixodid) tick species that transmit the agents of Lyme disease. It was …

Relapsing fever still remains a neglected disease and little is known on its reservoir, tick
vector and physiopathology in the vertebrate host. The disease occurs in temperate as well …

Abstract Background The blacklegged tick Ixodes scapularis transmits Borrelia burgdorferi
(sensu stricto) in eastern North America; however, the agent of Lyme disease is not the sole …

Background Borrelia miyamotoi clusters phylogenetically among relapsing fever borreliae,
but is transmitted by hard ticks. Recent recognition as a human pathogen has intensified …

The majority of vector-borne disease cases reported in the United States (US) are caused by
pathogens spread by the blacklegged tick, Ixodes scapularis. In recent decades, the …

On 4 August 2011, United Nations Environment Program (UNEP) submitted an
unprecedented, scientific, groundbreaking environmental assessment report (EAR) on …

Tickborne disease cases account for over 75% of reported vector-borne disease cases in
the United States each year. In addition to transmitting the agents of Lyme disease (Borrelia …