From invasion to outbreak: tick introductions and disease

Payton Phillips; Mekala Sundaram

doi:10.1016/j.pt.2024.11.005

From invasion to outbreak: tick introductions and disease

Trends Parasitol. 2024 Dec 4:S1471-4922(24)00344-1. doi: 10.1016/j.pt.2024.11.005. Online ahead of print.

Authors

Payton Phillips¹, Mekala Sundaram²

Affiliations

¹ Savannah River Ecology Laboratory & Department of Infectious Diseases, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Georgia, Athens, GA, USA. Electronic address: [email protected].
² Savannah River Ecology Laboratory & Department of Infectious Diseases, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Georgia, Athens, GA, USA.

PMID: 39638656
DOI: 10.1016/j.pt.2024.11.005

Abstract

Introductions of tick disease vectors are inevitable in our changing world. While recent attention to tick invasions has increased following prominent invasion events worldwide, our understanding of how tick community ecology drives infection dynamics is lacking. Interactions between invasive and resident ticks can have profound impacts on human diseases.

Keywords: Amblyomma americanum; Haemaphysalis longicornis; Rhipicephalus microplus; invasive ticks; tick-borne disease; vector community.