Europe-wide meta-analysis of Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato prevalence in questing Ixodes ricinus ticks

M Strnad, V Hönig, D Růžek, L Grubhoffer… - Applied and …, 2017 - Am Soc Microbiol
Lyme borreliosis is the most common zoonotic disease transmitted by ticks in Europe and
North America. Despite having multiple tick vectors, the causative agent, Borrelia burgdorferi …

Surveillance perspective on Lyme borreliosis across the European Union and European economic area

CC Van Den Wijngaard, A Hofhuis, M Simões… - …, 2017 - eurosurveillance.org
Lyme borreliosis (LB) is the most prevalent tick-borne disease in Europe. Erythema migrans
(EM), an early, localised skin rash, is its most common presentation. Dissemination of the …

Trends in surveillance data of human Lyme borreliosis from six federal states in eastern Germany, 2009–2012

H Wilking, K Stark - Ticks and tick-borne diseases, 2014 - Elsevier
Lyme borreliosis (LB) is the most frequent vector-borne disease in Germany. For more than
10 years, data from mandatory notifications have been available from 6 federal states in the …

[HTML][HTML] De novo Ixodes ricinus salivary gland transcriptome analysis using two next-generation sequencing methodologies

A Schwarz, BM von Reumont, J Erhart… - The FASEB …, 2013 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Tick salivary gland (SG) proteins possess powerful pharmacologic properties that facilitate
tick feeding and pathogen transmission. For the first time, SG transcriptomes of Ixodes …

Prevalence of tick-borne bacterial pathogens in Germany—has the situation changed after a decade?

K Mertens-Scholz, B Hoffmann… - Frontiers in Cellular …, 2024 - frontiersin.org
Introduction Tick-borne pathogens, such as Borreliella spp., Rickettsia spp., and Anaplasma
spp., are frequently detected in Germany. They circulate between animals and tick vectors …

A broad-range survey of ticks from livestock in Northern Xinjiang: changes in tick distribution and the isolation of Borrelia burgdorferi sensu stricto

YZ Wang, LM Mu, K Zhang, MH Yang, L Zhang… - Parasites & vectors, 2015 - Springer
Background Borreliosis is highly prevalent in Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, China.
However, little is known about the presence of Borrelia pathogens in tick species in this …

Revisited: Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato infections in hard ticks (Ixodes ricinus) in the city of Hanover (Germany)

J Tappe, D Jordan, E Janecek, V Fingerle, C Strube - Parasites & vectors, 2014 - Springer
Background The present study investigated the prevalence of Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato
(sl) genospecies in Ixodes ricinus ticks collected in Hanover, Northern Germany, in 2010. At …

Prevalence of Borrelia miyamotoi and Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato in questing ticks from a recreational coniferous forest of East Saxony, Germany

S Szekeres, J Lügner, V Fingerle, G Margos… - Ticks and tick-borne …, 2017 - Elsevier
The hard tick Ixodes ricinus is the most important vector of tick-transmitted pathogens in
Europe, frequently occurring in urban parks and greenbelts utilized for recreational activities …

Heterogeneity in the abundance and distribution of Ixodes ricinus and Borrelia burgdorferi (sensu lato) in Scotland: implications for risk prediction

C Millins, L Gilbert, P Johnson, M James, E Kilbride… - Parasites & …, 2016 - Springer
Abstract Background Cases of Lyme borreliosis, a vector-borne zoonosis caused by bacteria
in the Borrelia burgdorferi (sensu lato) species group, have increased in recent years in …

Research paper on abiotic factors and their influence on Ixodes ricinus activity—observations over a two-year period at several tick collection sites in Germany

J Gethmann, B Hoffmann, E Kasbohm, J Süss… - Parasitology …, 2020 - Springer
Tick-borne diseases are a public health issue. To predict vector tick abundance and activity,
it is necessary to understand the driving factors for these variables. In this study, the activity …