There has been an increase in reported TBE cases in Europe since 2015, reaching a peak
in some countries in 2020, highlighting the need for better management of TBE risk in …

Tick-borne encephalitis (TBE) represents an important public health problem in Europe. We
analyzed the epidemiology of TBE based on data from humans, animals, and Ixodes ricinus …

Background Blastocystis is a common intestinal protist with a wide range of hosts. Thus far,
38 subtypes have been identified. In recent years, wild animals have been confronted with …

Parasites threaten still today the health of humans and their animals, although considerable
progress had been achieved within the last century. However, phenomena such as …

Background Ticks and tick-borne diseases play a major role in companion animal health.
Additionally, the European tick fauna is changing, for instance due to the spread of …

Abstract Rickettsiales (Anaplasma phagocytophilum and Rickettsia spp.) are regarded as
potentially emerging tick-borne pathogens and may change in abundance in response to …

Rodents often act as important hosts for ticks and as pathogen reservoirs. At northern
latitudes, rodents often undergo multi‐annual population cycles, and the periodic absence of …

Altitudinal distributions, population structures and seasonal dynamics of tick fauna at three
localities in Continental Croatia (Medvednica and Papuk) and an alpine biogeographic …

Babesiosis is a tick‐borne disease that mainly affects small mammals and has been
reported in at least five provinces in China. However, the host range and geographical …

The Eurasian shrew and vole tick Ixodes trianguliceps Birula lives in the nests and burrows
of its small mammalian hosts and is—along with larvae and nymphs of Ixodes ricinus or …