Hard ticks (Ixodidae) play a critical role in transmitting various tick-borne diseases (TBDs),
posing significant global threats to human and animal health. Climatic factors influence the …

Microorganisms are important associates of insect and arthropod species. Insect‐associated
microbes, including bacteria, fungi, and viruses, can drastically impact host physiology …

Ticks are blood-feeding arthropods that require heme for their successful reproduction.
During feeding they also acquire pathogens that are subsequently transmitted to humans …

The South African bont tick Amblyomma hebraeum is a hematophagous vector for the
heartwater disease pathogen Ehrlichia ruminantium in southern Africa. During feeding, the …

Upon ingestion from an infected host, tick-borne pathogens (TBPs) have to overcome
colonization resistance, a defense mechanism by which tick microbiota prevent microbial …

Ticks can transmit many pathogens, including arboviruses, to their vertebrate hosts.
Arboviruses must overcome or evade defense mechanisms during their passage from the …

Highlights•Ticks harbor a variety of symbiotic bacteria.•The symbiotic bacteria influence tick
metabolism, behavior, and reproduction.•The symbiotic bacteria influence the vector …

Ticks and tick-borne pathogens are increasing public health threats due to emergence of
novel pathogens, expanding geographic ranges of tick vectors, changing ecology of tick …

Although the importance of the microbiome in the context of tick biology and vector
competence has recently come into a broader research focus, the field is still in its infancy …

Tick-borne diseases pose a growing threat to human and animal health in Europe, with tick-
borne encephalitis virus (TBEV) and Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever virus (CCHFV) …