tick-borne disease

…recent years, the incidence of tick-borne diseases has risen in association with climate change: as temperatures rise, tick habitats are expanding, tick activity seasons are lengthening, and tick populations are growing. This list provides a summary of tick-borne diseases of public health concern.

…hard and soft ticks are disease vectors, transmitting a wide range of pathogens—including bacteria, viruses, and protozoan parasites—to the animals on which they feed. When a tick feeds on an infected host, it takes in blood that carries the causative pathogen. These pathogens live and multiply in the tick, sometimes…