Biodiversity in the Lyme-light: ecological restoration and tick-borne diseases in Europe.

Biodiversity loss and the emergence of zoonotic diseases are two major global challenges. An urgent question is how ecosystems and wildlife communities can be restored whilst minimizing the risk of zoonotic diseases carried by wildlife. Here, we evaluate how current ambitions to restore Europe's natural ecosystems may affect the hazard of diseases vectored by the tick Ixodes ricinus at different scales.

A Disease Outbreak in Beef Cattle Associated with and Infections.

An outbreak of disease in a Swedish beef cattle herd initiated an in-depth study to investigate the presence of bacteria and viruses in the blood of clinically healthy ( = 10) and clinically diseased cattle ( = 20) using whole-genome shotgun sequencing (WGSS). The occurrence of infectious agents was also investigated in ticks found attached to healthy cattle ( = 61) and wild deer (n = 23), and in spleen samples from wild deer ( = 30) and wild boars ( = 10). Moreover, blood samples from 84 clinically healthy young stock were analysed for antibodies against and The WGSS revealed the presence of at least three distinct variants that were most closely related to .