Tickborne diseases are an increasing public health problem in the northeastern USA. Bait boxes that apply acaricide to rodents have been shown in small field studies to significantly reduce abundance of Ixodes scapularis ticks as well as their pathogen infection rates in treated areas. The...

This article summarizes interstate animal import requirements and proposes options for preventive intervention of Asian longhorned tick (Haemaphysalis longicornis) infections and tickborne diseases in dogs, cats and livestock the USA.

Babesiosis is a protozoan, tickborne disease of mammals and birds caused by the parasites of the genus Babesia. The pathogen is transmitted by ticks as its final host. Moreover, large Babesia species are transmitted transovarially, and in this way next generation of ticks is carrying the parasite....

The epidemiology, prevalence, diagnosis, treatment and control of ticks and tickborne diseases in livestock in the UK, and the role of the Animal and Plant Health Agency (APHA) in disease surveillance are described.

Entomological measures have long served as proxies for human risk of Lyme disease (LD) and other tickborne diseases (TBDs) in endemic areas of the United States, despite conflicting results regarding the correlation between these measures and human disease outcomes. Using data from a previous TBD...

Tick-transmitted bacterial pathogens thrive in enzootic infection cycles, colonizing disparate vertebrate and arthropod tissues, often establishing persistent infections. Therefore, the evolution of robust immune evasion strategies is central to their successful persistence or transmission between...

Animal models of human babesiosis have provided a basic understanding of the immunological mechanisms that clear, or occasionally exacerbate, Babesia infection and those pathological processes that cause disease complications. Human Babesia infection can cause asymptomatic infection, mild to...

INTRODUCTION: Located on and around Dartmoor National Park, my practice has always seen cases of babesiosis (Red Water Fever) in cattle, typically in the region of 10-15 animals per year. In November 2019 we had our first ever suspicion of Tickborne Fever (TBF) in a group of store lambs. This was...

Ticks have been associated with human afflictions since time immemorial as evidenced by earlier records from many countries of the world. They are the obligatory blood feeding arachnids and playing role as vectors for transmission of many infectious diseases in man and animals. Various wild and...