ASF	African swine fever
A. phagocytophilum	Anaplasma phagocytophilum
AMA1	Apical membrane antigen 1
ABRF	Argasidae-borne relapsing fever
Ba. microti	Babesia microti
BMSA	Babesia microti merozoites
Ba. bovis	Babesia bovis
Ba. divergens	Babesia divergens
B. afzelii	Borrelia afzelii
B. bavariensis	Borrelia bavariensis
B. burgdorferi	Borrelia burgdorferi
B. garinii	Borrelia garinii
B. mayonii	Borrelia mayonii
B. miyamotoi	Borrelia miyamotoi
B. valaisiana	Borrelia valaisiana
CDC	Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Ech	Ehrlichia chaffeensis
EM	Erythema migrans
ECM	Extracellular matrix components
EUR	Euro
Hc	Hepatozoon canis
HGA	Human Granulocytic Anaplasmosis
HGE	Human Granulocytic Ehrlichiosis
hLFA-1	Human lymphocyte function–associated antigen-1
I.	Ixodes
LD	Lyme disease
MSA-2	Merozoite surface antigen 2
MAb	Monoclonal antibodies
Nm	Neoehrlichia mikurensis
NHP	Nonhuman primate
Osp	Outer surface protein
PCR	Polymerase chain reaction
PIM	Polymorphic immunodominant molecule
R. helvetica	Rickettsia helvetica
R. monacensis	Rickettsia monacensis
R. rickettsia	Rickettsia rickettsia
Rkt	Rickettsia spp.
RLB	Reverse Line Blot hybridization assay
RON2	Rhoptry neck protein 2
s.l.	sensu lato
spp.	Species
FDA	The United States Food and Drug Administration
USIC	The United States inflation calculator
US	The United States of America
TBI	Tick-borne infection
TBCI	Tick-borne co-infection
TBE	Tick-borne encephalitis
TBEV	Tick-borne encephalitis virus
TBD	Tick-borne disease
TBP	Tick-borne pathogen
TROSPA	Tick receptor for OspA
USD	Unites States dollar
UUK	Uukuniemi
VESA	Variant erythrocyte surface antigen
VlsE	Variable lipoprotein surface-exposed protein