Background Lyme borreliosis (LB) is the most common zoonotic disease transmitted by ticks
in the USA and Europe. This review aims to estimate the regional burden of LB in Western …

Beside mosquitoes, ticks are well-known vectors of different human pathogens. In the
Northern Hemisphere, Lyme borreliosis (Eurasia, LB) or Lyme disease (North America, LD) …

We examined whether a reported northward expansion of the geographic distribution limit of
the disease-transmitting tick Ixodes ricinus and an increased tick density between the early …

In this article, literature records of argasid and ixodid ticks feeding on humans worldwide are
provided in view of increased awareness of risks associated with tick bites. Ticks can cause …

Impacts of environmental changes on zoonotic disease risk are the subject of speculation,
but lack a coherent framework for understanding environmental drivers of pathogen …

ABSTRACT In Europe, Borrelia burgdorferi genospecies causing Lyme borreliosis are
mainly transmitted by the tick Ixodes ricinus. Since its discovery, B. burgdorferi has been the …

Tick-borne diseases are on the rise. Lyme borreliosis is prevalent throughout the Northern
Hemisphere, and the same Ixodes tick species transmitting the etiologic agents of this …

Abstract Changes in land use, animal populations and climate, primarily due to increasing
human populations, drive the emergence of zoonoses. Force of infection (FOI), which for …

Stockholm University and WHO, within a project funded by the European Commission
(EVK2-2000-00070), reviewed the impacts of climate change and adaptation on Lyme …

Questing Ixodes ricinus ticks were sampled monthly in a periurban mixed forest at
Neuchâtel, Switzerland, in 1996, 1997, and 1998. A total of 5530 I. ricinus nymphs and 1385 …