Special Issue "Climate Change and Ticks and Tick-Borne Diseases"
A special issue of Pathogens (ISSN 2076-0817). This special issue belongs to the section "Ticks".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 December 2023 | Viewed by 2655
Special Issue Editors
Interests: molecular diagnosis and epidemiology of parasites of veterinary and medical significance; discovery of anthelmintic drug
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Interests: tick-host-pathogen interactions; emerging tick-borne pathogens; Anaplasma; Ehrlichia; epidemiology; tick microbiome; α-Gal
Special Issues, Collections and Topics in MDPI journals
Interests: ticks; tick-borne diseases; diagnostics; resistance; microbiome; tick-borne zoonoses
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The aim of this Special Issue is to update and deepen our knowledge related to all aspects of climate change and ticks and tick-borne diseases.
The global climate has been changing over the last century and it is expected to continue to change over this century unless serious efforts are undertaken to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and other factors which contribute to global warming. Ticks and tick-borne diseases (TTBDs) are directly impacted by climate change due to the sensitivity of their life stages to temperature and humidity. This means that in some regions a warming climate may increase tick survival, shorten lifecycles and lengthen the duration of tick activity seasons. Indirect effects of climate change on host communities may, with changes in tick abundance, facilitate the enhanced transmission of tick-borne pathogens. High temperatures and extreme weather events are anticipated with climate change, and these may reduce tick survival and pathogen transmission in some locations. Studies of the possible effects of climate change on TTBDs to date generally are poorly understood. This Special Issue is aimed to fill knowledge gaps in the literature to publish a collection of papers on climate change and TTBDs.
Dr. Abdul Jabbar
Dr. Alejandro Cabezas-Cruz
Dr. Abdul Ghafar
Guest Editors
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