In the United States (US), tick-borne diseases (TBDs) have more than doubled in the past
fifteen years and are a major contributor to the overall burden of vector-borne diseases. The …

Introduction Although the impacts of climate change on human health conditions are
reasonably well documented, specific influences on rheumatic diseases remain …

Tick-borne diseases have expanded over the last 2 decades as a result of shifts in tick and
pathogen distributions. These shifts have significantly increased the need for accurate …

Simple Summary Amblyomma americanum (the lone star tick) is a pathogen vector that bites
humans. It can cause severe disease in humans and animals, and may spread as the …

Burgeoning cases of tick-borne disease present a significant public health problem in the
United States. Passive tick surveillance gained traction as an effective way to collect …

Vector-borne diseases (VBDs) pose a major threat to human and animal health, with more
than 80% of the global population being at risk of acquiring at least one major VBD. Being …

Citizen science projects have the potential to address hypotheses requiring extremely large
datasets that cannot be collected with the financial and labour constraints of most scientific …

In order to predict the global potential distribution range of Ixodes pacificus (I. pacificus)
under different climate scenario models in the future, analyze the major climate factors …

Abstract In the western United States, Ixodes pacificus Cooley & Kohls (Acari: Ixodidae) is
the primary vector of the agents causing Lyme disease and granulocytic anaplasmosis in …

Ticks are increasingly important vectors of human and agricultural diseases. While many
studies have focused on tick-borne bacteria, far less is known about tick-associated viruses …