This review examines the phenomenon of co-feeding transmission in tick-borne pathogens.
This mode of transmission is critical for the epidemiology of several tick-borne viruses but its …

The tick Ixodes ricinus is the main vector of the spirochaete Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato,
the causal agent of Lyme borreliosis, in the western Palearctic. Rodents are the reservoir …

Pathogen life history theory assumes a positive relationship between pathogen load in host
tissues and pathogen transmission. Empirical evidence for this relationship is surprisingly …

Babesia microti and Borrelia burgdorferi, the respective causative agents of human
babesiosis and Lyme disease, are maintained in their enzootic cycles by the blacklegged …

High‐throughput sequencing is revealing that most macro‐organisms house diverse
microbial communities. Of particular interest are disease vectors whose microbiome could …

Background Within-host microbial communities and interactions among microbes are
increasingly recognized as important factors influencing host health and pathogen …

Zoonotic pathogens that cause devastating morbidity and mortality in humans may be
relatively harmless in their natural reservoir hosts. The tick-borne bacterium Borrelia …

Experimental infections with different pathogen strains give insight into pathogen life history
traits. The purpose of the present study was to compare variation in tissue infection …

Identifying the factors that affect host–parasite interactions is essential for understanding the
ecology and dynamics of vector‐borne diseases and may be an important component of …

Evolution is rapidly gaining attention as an important driver of ecological process. Yet,
evolution via sexual selection has generally been omitted from this emerging synthesis. Our …