Year: 2025
Type: article
Abstract: Ticks are medically relevant as vectors for multiple pathogens. Besides Ixodes ricinus, which occurs ubiquitously throughout Europe, the meadow tick Dermacentor reticulatus is increasingly common. We used a Citizen Science approach to demonstrate the recent Germany-wide range expansion of this tick species, and to investigate its infection rate with Babesia canis, a canine pathogen causing potentially fatal disease. Travelling dogs seem to play a key role in spreading the vector and the pathogen.
Source: BIOspektrum
Authors: Andrea Springer, Christina Strube
Language: English
Subfield: Parasitology
Field: Immunology and Microbiology
Domain: Life Sciences
Open Access status: hybrid
Estimated APC paid: $3,190
OpenAlex ID: W4407840136