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In addition to Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato, these ticks frequently harbor microorganisms such as Babesia spp., Anaplasma phagocytophilum, Ehrlichia spp., Borrelia miyamotoi, Bartonella spp., and several tick-borne viruses. Co-infections may increase disease severity, prolong symptom duration, and contribute to atypical or overlapping clinical presentations, thereby complicating diagnosis and management. Growing evidence from epidemiological studies, clinical case series, and experimental in vivo and in vitro models indicates that pathogen\u2013pathogen and pathogen\u2013host interactions can modulate immune responses and influence disease progression. Diagnostic challenges arise from non-specific clinical features and limitations of current laboratory methods. From a therapeutic perspective, although standard antibiotic regimens for Lyme disease are effective against some bacterial co-infections, they do not provide coverage for protozoan or viral agents, necessitating pathogen-specific and, in some cases, combination treatment strategies. This review synthesizes current knowledge on the epidemiology, clinical impact, diagnostic limitations, and treatment approaches for tick-borne co-infections associated with Lyme disease, and highlights critical evidence gaps and future research directions to improve patient outcomes.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/microorganisms14020325","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2026,1,30]],"date-time":"2026-01-30T11:09:22Z","timestamp":1769771362000},"page":"325","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":2,"title":["Tick-Borne Co-Infection in Lyme Disease: Clinical Impact, Diagnostic Challenges, and Therapeutic Perspectives"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"14","author":[{"given":"Georgi","family":"Popov","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Clinic of Infectious Diseases, Sofiamed Hospital, 1797 Sofia, Bulgaria"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0009-0000-5424-2468","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Dzhaner","family":"Bashchobanov","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Clinic of Infectious Diseases, Sofiamed Hospital, 1797 Sofia, Bulgaria"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Radina","family":"Andonova","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Clinic of Infectious Diseases, Sofiamed Hospital, 1797 Sofia, Bulgaria"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2026,1,30]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"587","DOI":"10.1146\/annurev.en.36.010191.003103","article-title":"Lyme borreliosis: Relation of its causative agent to its vectors and hosts in North America and Europe","volume":"36","author":"Lane","year":"1991","journal-title":"Annu. 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