Table 1 Predicted novel zoonotic Ixodes tick vectors ranked in descending order of probability, and citations of primary literature reporting human infestation by each species

1

I. rubicundus

Horak et al. [25]

2

I. canisuga

None

3

I. acuminatus

Hillyard [26]

4

I. vespertilionis

Piksa et al. [27]

5

I. sculptus

Salkeld et al. [28]

6

I. apronophorus

Fedorov [29]

7

I. woodi

Merten and Durden [30]

8

I. kingi

Salkeld et al. [28]

9

I. kazakstani

Filippova [31]

10

I. redikorzevi

Emchuk [32]; Bursali et al. [33]

11

I. trichosuri

None

12

I. eldaricus

None

13

I. laguri

Bursali et al. [33]

14

I. aragaoi

None