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Climate, Ticks and Tick-Borne Diseases: Mini Review

Stefan Vilges de Oliveira, Gilberto Salles Gazeta and Rodrigo Gurgel-Goncalves

Vector disease transmission cycles are multi-faceted phenomena characterized by their biological complexity and represented by interactions between sets of vector species, pathogens, and the environment. This review will discuss climate as a predictive variable for the presence of ticks and tick-borne diseases.