Ticks and tick-borne diseases

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1. 2026

   • Vol. 17: Ticks in the landscape : fragmentation impacts density of Europe's principal tick-borne disease vector, Ixodes ricinus, across Germany

     Springer, Andrea; Kahl, Olaf; Król, Nina; Pfeffer, Martin; Chitimia-Dobler, Lidia; Lindau, Alexander; Mackenstedt, Ute; Strube, Christina

   • Vol. 17: Comparative transcriptomic insights into ticks infected by alongshan and tick-borne encephalitis viruses

     Ebert, Cara Leonie; Hornauer, Paula; Jung, Klaus; Metzger, Julia; Becker, Stefanie C.
2. 2025

   • Vol. 16: Ticks in changing times : drought seems to be a main driver of declining Ixodes ricinus abundance in an urban setting

     Bozbey, Orhan; Springer, Andrea; Topp, Anna-Katharina; Glass, Antje; Strube, Christina

   • Vol. 16: Tick hazard in a Central European country : mapping Europe's principal tick-borne disease vector across Germany

     Springer, Andrea; Lindau, Alexander; Fachet-Lehmann, Katrin; Kämmer, Daniel; Bulling, Ingrid; Knoll, Steffen; Król, Nina; Fischer, Dominik; Fischer, Luisa; Drehmann, Marco; Chitimia-Dobler, Lidia; Noll, Madeleine; Rose Vineer, Hannah; Kahl, Olaf; Pfeffer, Martin; Strube, Christina; Mackenstedt, Ute

   • Vol. 16: Living with ticks : results of an online survey of the knowledge, attitudes and practices (KAP) regarding ticks and tick-borne pathogens in academic environments across Europe

     Estrada-Peña, Agustín; Antunes, Sandra; Domingos, Ana; Esser, Helen; Földvári, Gábor; Fuehrer, Hans-Peter; Gargili, Aysen; Gestel, Mats van; Grandi, Giulio; Kazimirova, Maria; Kiewra, Dorota; Klemola, Tero; Kjær, Lene Jung; Kjelland, Vivian; Kubiak, Katarzyna; Meneghi, Daniele de; Mihalca, Andrei Daniel; Moutailler, Sarah; Potkonjak, Aleksandar; Prokop, Pavel; Robert, Käthe; Ranka, Renate; Sainz, Angel; Sormunen, Jani; Sotiraki, Smaragda; Strube, Christina; Stuen, Snorre; Široký, Pavel; Tomassone, Laura; Zintl, Annetta

   • Vol. 16: Borrelia spp. and Anaplasma phagocytophilum in ruminant ticks : Borrelia prevalence declines only in female, but not nymphal ticks feeding on cervids

     Springer, Andrea; Özbakış-Beceriklisoy, Gökben; Topp, Anna-Katharina; Probst, Julia; Fingerle, Volker; Strube, Christina
3. 2024

   • Vol. 15: Ixodes ricinus ticks survive flooding

     Rapp, Johanna; Springer, Andrea; Strube, Christina
4. 2023

   • Vol. 14: Winter activity of questing ticks (Ixodes ricinus and Dermacentor reticulatus) in Germany : evidence from quasi-natural tick plots, field studies and a tick submission study

     Probst, Julia; Springer, Andrea; Topp, Anna-Katharina; Bröker, Michael; Williams, Heike; Dautel, Hans; Kahl, Olaf; Strube, Christina

   • Vol. 14: Tick-borne diseases under the radar in the North Sea Region

     Quarsten, Hanne; Henningsson, Anna; Krogfelt, Karen A.; Strube, Christina; Wennerås, Christine; Mavin, Sally

   • Vol. 14: Seroprevalence of tick-borne encephalitis virus in wild and domestic animals in northern Germany

     Topp, Anna-Katharina; Springer, Andrea; Mischke, Reinhard; Rieder, Johanna; Feige, Karsten; Ganter, Martin; Nagel-Kohl, Uschi; Nordhoff, Marcel; Boelke, Matthias; Becker, Stefanie; Pachnicke, Stefan; Schunack, Bettina; Dobler, Gerhard; Strube, Christina

   • Vol. 14: 15-year Borrelia prevalence and species distribution monitoring in Ixodes ricinus/inopinatus populations in the city of Hanover, Germany

     Glass, Antje; Springer, Andrea; Raulf, Marie-Kristin; Fingerle, Volker; Strube, Christina
5. 2022

   • Vol. 13: A 15-year monitoring of Rickettsiales (Anaplasma phagocytophilum and Rickettsia spp.) in questing ticks in the city of Hanover, Germany

     Glass, Antje; Springer, Andrea; Strube, Christina
6. 2021

   • Vol. 12: Ticks (Acari: Ixodidae) on birds migrating to the island of Ponza, Italy, and the tick-borne pathogens they carry

     Rollins, Robert E.; Schaper, Sabine; Kahlhofer, Claudia; Frangoulidis, Dimitrios; Strauß, Aurelia F. T.; Cardinale, Massimiliano; Springer, Andrea; Strube, Christina; Bakkes, Deon K.; Becker, Noémie S.; Chitimia-Dobler, Lidia

   • Vol. 12: Regional, seasonal, biennial and landscape-associated distribution of Anaplasma phagocytophilum and Rickettsia spp. infections in Ixodes ticks in northern Germany and implications for risk assessment at larger spatial scales

     Knoll, Steffen; Springer, Andrea; Hauck, Daniela; Schunack, Bettina; Pachnicke, Stefan; Strube, Christina

   • Vol. 12: Corrigendum to “Genetic characterization of Anaplasma phagocytophilum strains from goats (Capra aegagrus hircus) and water buffalo (Bubalus bubalis) by 16S rRNA gene, ankA gene and multilocus sequence typing” [Ticks Tick Borne Dis. 10 (2019) 101267]

     Langenwalder, Denis B.; Schmidt, Sabine; Gilli, Urs; Pantchev, Nikola; Ganter, Martin; Silaghi, Cornelia; Aardema, Matthew L.; Loewenich, Friederike Dorothea von
7. 2020

   • Vol. 11: Two-year monitoring of tick abundance and influencing factors in an urban area (city of Hanover, Germany)

     Hauck, Daniela; Springer, Andrea; Chitimia-Dobler, Lidia; Strube, Christina

   • Vol. 11: First records of adult Hyalomma marginatum and H. rufipes ticks (Acari: Ixodidae) in Sweden

     Grandi, Giulio; Chitimia-Dobler, Lidia; Choklikitumnuey, Phimphanit; Strube, Christina; Springer, Andrea; Albihn, Ann; Jaenson, Thomas G. T.; Omazic, Anna

   • Vol. 11: Borrelia prevalence and species distribution in ticks removed from humans in Germany, 2013-2017

     Springer, Andrea; Raulf, Marie-Kristin; Fingerle, Volker; Strube, Christina
8. 2019

   • Vol. 10: Genetic characterization of Anaplasma phagocytophilum strains from goats (Capra aegagrus hircus) and water buffalo (Bubalus arnee) by 16S rRNA gene, ankA gene and multilocus sequence typing

     Langenwalder, Denis B.; Schmidt, Sabine; Gilli, Urs; Pantchev, Nikola; Ganter, Martin; Silaghi, Cornelia; Aardema, Matthew L.; Loewenich, Friederike Dorothea von

   • Vol. 10: Simultaneous infection of cattle with different Anaplasma phagocytophilum variants

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     Tegtmeyer, Philip Christian; Ganter, Martin; Loewenich, Friederike Dorothea von