Regional Impact of Ticks and Tick-Borne Diseases

Dear Colleagues,

Ticks are hematophagous arthropods that parasitize terrestrial vertebrates and cause significant damage due to blood loss, irritation or allergy, and transmission of pathogens to their hosts that include wildlife, farm animals, pets, and humans. Ticks are considered the most important group of ectoparasitic arthropods in veterinary medicine, and the second group of interest, after mosquitoes, in public health. The distribution of ticks covers a wide variety of ecosystems in temperate, subtropical, and tropical regions. Ticks occur in different natural habitats including forests, meadows, deserts, caves, and coastal areas, but also in anthropogenic landscapes. The presence, distribution, and medical and veterinary importance of ticks vary in different ecozones, but current knowledge on the impact of ticks on animal health and production and human health does not cover all countries. Differences in research capacities between countries may be reflected in the disparity of the information available for individual sites, regions, or continents. In this Topical Collection, we aim to publish a collection of papers on advances in the knowledge on tick bionomics, and the ecoepidemiology and control of tick-borne diseases at different scales: locality, country, ecozone, and continent.

MSc. Sergio E. Bermúdez
Dr. Victor Montenegro H.
Dr. José Reck
Dr. Abdul Ghafar
Collection Editor

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