The importance of established and emerging tick-borne pathogens in Central and Northern
Europe is steadily increasing. In 2007, we collected Ixodes ricinus ticks feeding on birds (n …

Lyme borreliosis (LB) is a common and increasing tick-borne disease in Europe. The risk of
acquiring a Borrelia infection after a tick bite is not fully known. Therefore, we investigated …

The periurban forest of Neuchâtel (Switzerland) is a high-risk area for Lyme Borreliosis, due
to a high density of infected Ixodes ricinus ticks. In this study, we evaluated the risk of …

Rickettsia species are the causative agent of different forms of spotted fever and thus,
monitored in a number of prevalence studies. The current study examined the status of ticks …

Objective To determine the prevalence of zoonotic tick-borne bacteria in feeding ticks
removed from hunted wild animals. Methods PCR was executed on DNA extracted from 77 …

Tick-borne diseases represent a large proportion of infectious diseases that have become a
world health concern. The presence of Rickettsia spp. was evaluated by standard PCR and …

Ticks are the main vectors for the transmission of bacterial, protist and viral pathogens in
Europe affecting wildlife and domestic animals. However, some of them are zoonotic and …

Tick-borne pathogens cause diseases in animals and humans, and tick-borne disease
incidence is increasing in many parts of the world. There is a need to assess the distribution …

Introduction and objective. Infectious and parasitic diseases transmitted by ticks, such as
Lyme diseases, granulocytic anaplasmosis and piroplasmosis, have been frequently …

Since many years, an increase in the prevalence of tick-borne diseases, especially: Lyme
borreliosis, babesiosis, human granulocytic anaplasmosis and tick-borne encephalitis is …