For more than three decades, it has been recognized that Ixodes ricinus ticks occur in urban
green space in Europe and that they harbour multiple pathogens linked to both human and …

In Slovakia, 22 tick species have been found to occur to date. Among them, Ixodes ricinus,
Dermacentor reticulatus, D. marginatus and marginally Haemaphysalis concinna, H. inermis …

Green spaces in the city are important for human wellbeing, but are also zones in which
humans can become infected with zoonotic diseases. Therefore, there is a need to …

Background Free-living ungulates are hosts of ixodid ticks and reservoirs of tick-borne
microorganisms in central Europe and many regions around the world. Tissue samples and …

Background Babesiosis is an emerging and potentially zoonotic disease caused by tick-
borne piroplasmids of the Babesia genus. New genetic variants of piroplasmids with …

Background The distributions of ticks and tick-borne pathogens are thought to have changed
rapidly over the last two decades, with their ranges expanding into new regions. This …

The incidence of tick-borne diseases caused by Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato, Anaplasma
phagocytophilum and Rickettsia spp. has been rising in Europe in recent decades. Early pre …

Background Natural foci of tick-borne spotted fever group (SFG) rickettsiae of public health
concern have been found in Slovakia, but the role of rodents in their circulation is unclear …

Lyme borreliosis (LB) is the most prevalent tick-borne human infection in Europe, with
increasing incidence during the latest decades. Abundant populations of Ixodes ricinus, the …

The first long-term monitoring to document both activity and density of questing ixodid ticks
in Vienna, Austria, is introduced. It was started in 2017 and is planned to run over decades …