A compilation of ticks and tick-borne pathogen distributions in seven countries within North and West Africa from 1901 to 2022: a systematic literature review
This systematic review highlights notable surveillance gaps that vary by country and region. While Morocco, Nigeria, and Senegal report numerous studies concerning tick diversity, certain regions appear oversampled, while reports from other regions are largely absent. Information on the ticks of Sierra Leone and Niger remains largely uncharacterized. Across all target countries, reports are heavily biased toward sampling and testing ticks collected from domestic animals. Future tick surveillance efforts need to include sampling and testing of ticks collected from the environment and wildlife species to obtain a more complete assessment of tick distribution and tick-borne pathogen ecology.
Authors
- Keeron J. Stone (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6572-7874)
- Nora G. Cleary (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4735-7632)
- Alexander M. Potter (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3039-623X)
- Graham A. Matulis (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0001-4724-1229)
- D. Rodríguez (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5080-3739)
- Michael E. von Fricken (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2938-4549)
- Liberty Wood
- Yvonne‐Marie Linton (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9790-4791)
- Abigail A. Lilak
- David B. Pecor (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8900-3392)
- Kathleen Butler
- Regina Cerimele
Institutions
- James Madison University (US)
- National Museum of Natural History (US)
- George Mason University (US)
- University of Florida Health (US)
- University of Florida (US)
- University of Florida Health Science Center (US)
- Columbia University (US)
- Walter Reed Army Institute of Research (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Parasites & Vectors
- Published
- 2025-12-04
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s13071-025-07153-8
- Citations
- 2
- Primary Topic
- Vector-borne infectious diseases
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 4.10