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Ticks and Tick-Borne Pathogens—from Understanding to Control
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Ticks and Tick-Borne Pathogens—from Understanding to Control

A special issue of Microorganisms (ISSN 2076-2607). This special issue belongs to the section "Public Health Microbiology".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: 15 March 2025 | Viewed by 1751

Special Issue Editors

Dr. Larissa Almeida Martins

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Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, University of Nevada, Reno, NV 89557, USA
Interests: arthropod vectors; ticks; sialomes; host–pathogen interactions; tick-borne pathogens
Dr. Andrea Fogaça

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Institute of Biomedical Sciences, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, SP 05508-000, Brazil
Interests: intracellular bacteria; microbiota; tick–pathogen–microbiota interactions; immune system; tick control
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Dear Colleagues,

This Special Issue is dedicated to addressing the urgent challenge presented by the increasing prevalence of ticks and tick-borne diseases around the globe. Authored by leaders in the field, the articles in this collection aim to investigate every aspect of the triad tick–host–pathogen, unraveling molecular mechanisms, highlighting significant information gaps, and identifying high-priority needs essential to advancing our understanding of ticks and tick-borne pathogens (viruses, bacteria, and parasites), and pioneering innovative methods or strategies for the understanding, management, and control of ticks and tick-borne pathogens.

Furthermore, this Special Issue brings together urgently needed multidisciplinary and international collaborations, which include microbiology, virology, biochemistry, molecular biology, genetics, cell biology, epidemiology, entomology, immunology, etc., covering a broad spectrum in addressing tick-borne pathogen challenges affecting human and animal health. As Guest Editors of this Special Issue, we would like to invite you to submit original research papers, short communications, and mini-reviews that facilitate the dissemination of crucial information pertinent to tick biology and tick-borne pathogen infection, transmission, and control.

Dr. Larissa Almeida Martins
Dr. Andrea Fogaça
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Keywords

  • tick biology
  • tick-borne pathogens
  • transmission-block vaccines
  • tick control
  • tick–host interactions
  • tick saliva
  • tick immunology
  • tick virus
  • tick microbiome
  • tick vaccine development

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Prevalence of Babesia microti Co-Infection with Other Tick-Borne Pathogens in Pennsylvania
by Lovepreet S. Nijjar, Sarah Schwartz, Destiny Sample Koon Koon, Samantha M. Marin, Mollie E. Jimenez, Trevor Williams and Nicole Chinnici
Microorganisms 2024, 12(11), 2220; https://doi.org/10.3390/microorganisms12112220 - 1 Nov 2024
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Babesia microti is a protozoan that infects red blood cells, causing hemolytic anemia and flu-like symptoms in humans. Understanding co-infections is crucial for the better diagnosis, treatment, and management of tick-borne diseases. This study examined the prevalence of Babesia microti co-infection with other [...] Read more.
Babesia microti is a protozoan that infects red blood cells, causing hemolytic anemia and flu-like symptoms in humans. Understanding co-infections is crucial for the better diagnosis, treatment, and management of tick-borne diseases. This study examined the prevalence of Babesia microti co-infection with other prevalent tick-borne pathogens in Pennsylvania. The dataset acquired from the Dr. Jane Huffman Wildlife Genetics Institute included passive surveillance data from Ixodes spp. from 2021 to 2023. Submitted ticks were screened for tick-borne pathogens using species-specific TaqMan qPCR. Of the 793 B. microti-positive ticks pulled for analysis, 65.0% were co-infected with other pathogens (n = 516). Notably, 60.9% of the B. microti-positive ticks were co-infected with Borrelia burgdorferi, 10.2% with Anaplasma phagocytophilum Ap-ha, and 7.5% carried a triple co-infection with B. burgdorferi and A. phagocytophilum Ap-ha. The rates of B. microti infection and its co-infections are on the rise, with patterns observed in Pennsylvania and other regions of the USA. While other studies have collected both nymphal and adult ticks to screen for co-infections in Pennsylvania, our study stood out as a unique contribution to the field by focusing exclusively on B. microti-positive ticks. The continued monitoring of tick-borne co-infections is vital to prevent misdiagnosis and ensure effective treatment regimens. Full article
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Ticks and Tick-Borne Pathogens—from Understanding to Control)
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