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Ticks and Tick-Borne Pathogens in a Changing World
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Ticks and Tick-Borne Pathogens in a Changing World

A special issue of Pathogens (ISSN 2076-0817). This special issue belongs to the section "Ticks".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 September 2025 | Viewed by 746

Special Issue Editors

Dr. Roxanne A. Charles

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Guest Editor
School of Veterinary Medicine, Faculty of Medical Sciences, The University of the West Indies, St. Augustine, Trinidad and Tobago
Interests: ticks and tick borne diseases; parasites of veterinary and zoonotic importance
Dr. Sebastián Muñoz-Leal

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Facultad de Ciencias Veterinarias, Universidad de Concepción, Chillán 3812120, Chile
Interests: soft ticks; Borrelia; tick taxonomy

Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

Ticks are ubiquitous arthropods increasingly recognised as significant vectors of pathogens that can adversely affect animal and human health. Increased global travel, population explosion and global warming may be directly related to a shift in the distribution and prevalence of ticks and the pathogens they transmit. Climate change may be directly related to extended seasonal tick activities, expansion of their geographic range and enhanced pathogen development in these ticks. The complex interplay among these factors can present substantial challenges to tick and tick-borne disease surveillance, prevention and control. As such there is also the need for advanced molecular methods for the effective detection of emerging and re-emerging tick-borne pathogens.

This special issue welcomes researchers and reviewers with an interest in climate change and tick ecology, emerging and re-emerging tick-borne diseases and novel diagnostic approaches to tick-borne pathogens with a One Health approach to ticks and their pathogens across the globe. This special issue aims to foster interdisciplinary research and collaboration with a hope to gain a deeper understanding of the complex factors which may be driving the emergence and spread of tick-borne diseases. 

Dr. Roxanne A. Charles
Dr. Sebastián Muñoz-Leal
Guest Editors

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Keywords

  • ticks
  • tick-borne pathogens
  • tick-borne diseases
  • climate change
  • One Health
  • diagnostics
  • emerging and re-emerging tick-borne pathogens
  • tick ecology

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The Occurrence of Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato in Ixodes ricinus Ticks Collected from Nature-Educational and Tourist Trails in the Poprad Landscape Park
by Sylwia Koczanowicz, Magdalena Nowak-Chmura, Anna Kocoń, Grzegorz Rączka and Marek Asman
Pathogens 2025, 14(2), 117; https://doi.org/10.3390/pathogens14020117 - 26 Jan 2025
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Throughout Europe, including Poland, Ixodes ricinus ticks are the main vector of numerous pathogenic agents that pose a serious threat to public health. Southern Poland attracts many tourists with its scenic landscapes and abundant recreational opportunities. These areas are ideal habitats for wild [...] Read more.
Throughout Europe, including Poland, Ixodes ricinus ticks are the main vector of numerous pathogenic agents that pose a serious threat to public health. Southern Poland attracts many tourists with its scenic landscapes and abundant recreational opportunities. These areas are ideal habitats for wild fauna, which serve as the main reservoirs and hosts for these pathogens and ticks. The large population and biodiversity of these hosts facilitate the proliferation of ticks. The aim of this study was to determine the potential exposure of humans to ticks and tick-borne pathogens such as Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato, Anaplasma phagocytophilum, and Babesia spp., along the nature-educational and tourist trails of the Poprad Landscape Park. From 2020 to 2021, ticks were collected using the flagging method on three tourist trails and nature-educational paths within the Poprad Landscape Park. DNA was isolated from 213 I. ricinus ticks using the ammonia method. To detect pathogens in ticks, PCR and nested PCR methods were used. To detect B. burgdorferi s.l. and A. phagocytophilum, two pairs of primers specific to the flaB gene fragment and 16S rRNA gene fragment were used, respectively. For Babesia spp. detection, primers specific to the 18S rRNA gene were used. The amplification products were separated electrophoretically and visualized under ultraviolet light. In total, among the 213 examined ticks, B. burgdorferi s.l. was detected in 31% of the samples. Neither A. phagocytophilum nor Babesia spp. were detected in the studied material. These results indicate a potentially high risk of ticks and tick-borne B. burgdorferi s.l. infections for residents and tourists in the recreational areas of the Poprad Landscape Park. Full article
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