Michael J. Yabsley

TL;DR: The United States can play an important role in addressing the altered epidemiology of Chagas' disease in the 21st century as improved control of vector- and blood-borne T. cruzi transmission decreases the burden in countries where the disease is historically endemic.

TL;DR: It is proposed that some cases of rickettsiosis reported as RMSF may have been caused by "R. amblyommii" transmitted through the bite of A. americanum, a preferred hosts of lone star ticks.

TL;DR: The natural histories of the pathogens definitively or putatively associated with HME, E. ewingii ehrlichiosis, and STARI are described; the role of white-tailed deer as hosts to lone star ticks and the agents of these diseases; and the cascade of ecologic disturbances to the landscape of the United States that have occurred during the last 200 years are described.

TL;DR: Graphical abstract Highlights ► All zoonotic Babesia utilize mammals, primarily wildlife, as reservoirs, and Reservoirs and/or ticks are unknown for many zoonosis species.

TL;DR: Autochthonous transmission of the Chagas disease parasite, Trypanosoma cruzi, was detected in a patient in rural New Orleans, Louisiana, which had positive test results from 2 serologic tests and hemoculture.