# The roles of habitat isolation, landscape connectivity and host community in tick-borne pathogen ecology

*PRI Rank #6 · Topics and Trends in Most Cited Vector-borne infectious diseases Papers, Class of 2026*

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| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Rank | #6 |
| 18m citations | 25 |
| Journal | Royal Society Open Science |
| Year | 2024 |
| DOI | 10.1098/rsos.240837 |
| Corresponding authors | Andrea Swei |
| Institution | San Francisco State University, United States |

**Ranking page:** [Topics and Trends in Most Cited Vector-borne infectious diseases Papers, Class of 2026](https://pri.pepkio.com/top-papers/vector-borne-infectious-diseases/2026)

**Paper link:** [10.1098/rsos.240837](https://doi.org/10.1098/rsos.240837)

## Topics

habitat fragmentation · landscape connectivity · Ixodes pacificus · tick-borne pathogens · disease vector movement · reservoir host movement · cost-distance analysis · pathogen prevalence · pathogen diversity · pathogen distribution · wildlife community · tick abundance · pathogen richness · urban matrix · habitat isolation · West Coast tick-borne diseases

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