Publications

absence of borrelia spp., candidatus neoehrlichia mikurensis, and anaplasma phagocytophilum in questing adult dermacentor reticulatus ticks.	to determine whether dermacentor reticulatus ticks are infected by borrelia spp., candidatus neoehrlichia mikurensis, or anaplasma phagocytophilum, we collected questing adults in the outskirts of berlin, germany, examined them for the presence of dna of these pathogens, and compared the infection rates to those of sympatric ixodes ricinus ticks. questing d. reticulatus adults appeared not to harbor the bacterial pathogens that are prevalent in i. ricinus ticks. based on our sample size, the est ...	2013	22955502
pathogens in ticks collected from dogs in berlin/brandenburg, germany.	tick-borne diseases are a major health risk for humans and dogs. in addition to collection and analysis of questing ticks, analysis of host-associated ticks for the presence of pathogens is a valuable method to gain insight into transmission patterns of tick-borne diseases.	2014	25441762