Présentation
The main aim of the project is to generate a single or combination of biomarkers that can
enable certainty to diagnose an individual (human or animal) as having recently been bitten
by a tick, and this should provide credible intervals around which specific tick genus. We will
first focus on the most widespread and abundant tick in Western Europe, Ixodes ricinus,
which transmits a variety of important tick-borne diseases (TBD) in Europe, including
anaplasmosis, babesiosis, tick-borne encephalitis (TBE) and Lyme disease. According to the
results obtained we will then extend our work to other temperate and tropical tick species
thanks to collaborations already implemented (Cambodia, Japan, Cameroon, Senegal).