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. 2015 Dec;10(12):2033–2043. doi: 10.2217/fmb.15.114

Table 1. . 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 Dog