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The predominant tick species present in the northern hemisphere, the pathogens they transmit, associated diseases, animal hosts as well as animal reservoirs of the corresponding pathogens.
The predominant tick species present in the northern hemisphere, the pathogens they transmit, associated diseases, animal hosts as well as animal reservoirs of the corresponding pathogens.
| Ticks species | Pathogens | Diseases (hosts) | Reservoirs |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ixodes species | Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato | Lyme disease (human, cattle, dog, horse) | Rodent, bird, reptile |
| Borrelia miyamotoi | Recurrent fever | Rodent, bird | |
| Anaplasma phagocytophilum | Granulocytic anaplasmosis (flu-like symptoms in human, cattle, goat, sheep, horse, dog, cat) | Wild ruminants, rodent | |
| Babesia divergens | Babesiosis (human, cattle) | Deer, cattle | |
| Babesia microti | Babesiosis (human) | rodent | |
| Babesia venatorum | |||
| Babesia capreoli | |||
| Coxiella burnetii | Q fever (human, goat, sheep…) | Rodent | |
| Francisella tularensis | Tularemia (human, rodents, sheep, goat, …) | Hare | |
| Bartonella henselae | Bartonellosis (human) | Cat | |
| Bartonella berkhoffii | Bartonellosis (dog, human) | Dog | |
| Tick-borne encephalitis Virus | TBE (human, dog) | Rodent | |
| Candidatus Neoehrlichia mikurensis | Fever (human, dogs) | Rodent | |
| Rickettsia helvetica (suspected) | Fever (human)? | Unknown | |
| Rickettsia monacensis | Fever (human) | Unknown | |
| Powassan virus | Fever, neurological signs (human) | Rodent | |
| | Louping hill virus | Encephalitis (human, sheep) | Mountain hare, sheep |
| Dermacentor spp. | Anaplasma ovis | Anaplasmosis (goat, sheep) | Unknown |
| Babesia caballi | Babesiosis (horse) | Horse | |
| Theileria/Babesia equi | Theileriosis (horse) | Horse | |
| Babesia canis | Canine Babesiois | Dogs | |
| Rickettsia slovaca | TIBOLA/SENLAT (human) | Unknown | |
| Rickettsia raoultii | TIBOLA/SENLAT (human) | Unknown | |
| Anaplasma marginale | Bovine anaplasmosis (cattle) | Cattle | |
| Francisella tularensis | Tularemia (human, rodents sheep, goat, …) | Hare | |
| Coxiella burnetii | Q fever (human, goat, sheep, …) | Rodent | |
| Omsk hemorrhagic virus | Hemorrhagic manifestations (human) | Muskrat | |
| | Powassan virus | Fever, neurological signs (human) | Rodent |
| Haemaphysalis spp. | Babesia spp. | Babesiosis (human, possibly cattle and dog) | Unknown |
| | Theileria spp. | Theileriosis (cattle) | Unknown |
| Hyalomma spp. | Theileria annulata | Theileriosis (cattle) | Unknown |
| Theileria equi | |||
| | Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever virus* | Hemorrhagic fever (human) | Rodent, bird? |
| Rhipicephalus sanguineus | Rickettsia conorii | Mediterranean spotted fever (human) | Dog? |
| Ehrlichia canis | Ehrlichiosis (dog) | Dog | |
| Anaplasma platys | Cyclic thrombocytopenia | Dog | |
| Babesia vogeli/canis | Canine babesiosis | Dog | |
| Hepatozoon canis | Hepatozoonosis | Dog | |
| Babesia gibsoni | Canine Babesiosis |
