“…In addition to well established diseases, multiple emerging tick transmitted pathogens were described during the past two decades [ 33 , 34 , 35 , 36 , 37 , 38 , 39 , 40 , 41 , 42 , 43 , 44 , 45 , 46 , 47 , 48 , 49 , 50 , 51 , 52 , 53 , 54 , 55 , 56 , 57 , 58 , 59 , 60 , 61 , 62 , 63 , 64 , 65 , 66 , 67 , 68 , 69 , 70 , 71 , 72 , 73 , 74 , 75 , 76 , 77 , 78 ]. The global scope of emerging tick-borne disease causing agents is impressive, including Babesia [ 79 , 80 , 81 ], rickettsioses [ 71 ], ehrlichiosis and anaplasmosis [ 82 , 83 , 84 ], Borrelia [ 78 , …”