Background Babesia spp. are protozoan parasites of great medical and veterinary
importance, especially in the northern Hemisphere. Ticks are known vectors of Babesia spp …

Babesiosis caused by the Babesia species is a parasitic tick-borne disease. It threatens
many mammalian species and is transmitted through infected ixodid ticks. To date, the …

In Europe, two tick species of the genus Dermacentor occur, Dermacentor marginatus and
Dermacentor reticulatus. When the spatial distribution of both species in Germany was …

Background In order to evaluate the risk of human exposure to tick-borne pathogens in
Belgium, a study on the prevalence of several pathogens was conducted on feeding ticks …

Background Tick-borne diseases are of substantial concern worldwide in both humans and
animals. Several hard tick species are of medical and veterinary interest in Europe, and …

Background Vector‐borne diseases are of increasing importance in Germany. Since 2015,
autochthonous cases have been increasingly documented in Berlin/Brandenburg …

Dermacentor reticulatus ticks are sporadically removed from human skin and therefore the
medical consequences of their feeding are neglected compared to Ixodes ricinus. We …

The two ixodid tick species Dermacentor reticulatus (Fabricius) and Dermacentor silvarum
Olenev occur at the northern distribution limit of the genus Dermacentor in Eurasia, within …

Background Lyme borreliosis (LB) is the most common vector-borne disease in Europe.
Monitoring changes in the prevalence of different Borrelia species in ticks may be an …

The distribution and prevalence of zoonotic pathogens infecting ixodid ticks in Western
Europe have been extensively examined. However, data on ticks and tick-borne pathogens …