This project builds on recent work reporting tick transmission of relapsing fever spirochetes and genome sequencing of both the pathogen and tick vector. We have utilized both next generation and ...

Vector-borne pathogens are transmitted between hosts by an intermediate organism, often an arthropod like mosquitoes or ticks, referred to as a vector. phylogenetic relatedness: Evolutionary ...

Environmental conditions can also affect pathogen replication inside arthropod vectors, which in turn determines whether the vector will transmit the pathogen subsequently (Figure 1b ...

Diseases caused by pathogens are called communicable diseases ... like Escherichia coli which is a cause of food poisoning. Vector Any organism that can spread a disease is called a vector.

In a new case study, researchers from North Carolina State University found Bartonella henselae, Babesia odocoilei and Babesia divergens-like MO-1 DNA in brain tissue samples from a young child with ...