vertical distribution of the tick ixodes ricinus and tick-borne pathogens in the northern moravian mountains correlated with climate warming (jeseníky mts., czech republic). | a study of the vertical distribution of the common tick ixodes ricinus and tick-borne pathogens--tick-borne encephalitis virus (tbev) and genospecies of borrelia burgdorferi s.l.--was performed in the highest part of the jeseniky mountain area (the hrubý jesenik mts. with the highest summit praded, 1,491 m above see level). altogether 1,253 specimens of all tick stages (607 larvae, 614 nymphs, 8 females and 24 males) were collected at the altitude 990-1,300 m above sea level on 12 collection sit ... | 2009 | 20020603 |