| evidence for an increased geographical distribution of dermacentor reticulatus in germany and detection of rickettsia sp. rpa4. | two studies were performed to elucidate the current distribution of the tick dermacentor reticulatus in germany. in the first one in 2003, a total of 365 dogs from 171 sites in the states of berlin and brandenburg was screened for ticks, and the corresponding outdoor sites that the dogs usually visited were searched for host-seeking ticks by the flagging method. a total of 1155 ticks was removed from the dogs. the majority were ixodes ricinus (88.5%), followed by d. reticulatus (9.1%) and i. hex ... | 2006 | 16524777 |
| factors affecting patterns of tick parasitism on forest rodents in tick-borne encephalitis risk areas, germany. | identifying factors affecting individual vector burdens is essential for understanding infectious disease systems. drawing upon data of a rodent monitoring programme conducted in nine different forest patches in southern hesse, germany, we developed models which predict tick (ixodes spp. and dermacentor spp.) burdens on two rodent species apodemus flavicollis and myodes glareolus. models for the two rodent species were broadly similar but differed in some aspects. patterns of ixodes spp. burdens ... | 2010 | 20878183 |
| tick burden on european roe deer (capreolus capreolus). | in our study we assessed the tick burden on roe deer (capreolus capreolus l.) in relation to age, physical condition, sex, deer density and season. the main objective was to find predictive parameters for tick burden. in september 2007, may, july, and september 2008, and in may and july 2009 we collected ticks on 142 culled roe deer from nine forest departments in southern hesse, germany. to correlate tick burden and deer density we estimated deer density using line transect sampling that accoun ... | 2010 | 20099011 |