Ixodes ricinus and Its Transmitted Pathogens in Urban and Peri-Urban Areas in Europe: New Hazards and Relevance for Public Health

A Rizzoli, C Silaghi, A Obiegala, I Rudolf… - Frontiers in public …, 2014‏ - frontiersin.org
Tick-borne diseases represent major public and animal health issues worldwide. Ixodes
ricinus, primarily associated with deciduous and mixed forests, is the principal vector of …

Why is tick-borne encephalitis increasing? A review of the key factors causing the increasing incidence of human TBE in Sweden

TGT Jaenson, M Hjertqvist, T Bergström, Å Lundkvist - Parasites & vectors, 2012‏ - Springer
The highest annual incidence of human tick-borne encephalitis (TBE) in Sweden ever
recorded by the Swedish Institute for Communicable Disease Control (SMI) occurred last …

Impact of land use changes and habitat fragmentation on the eco-epidemiology of tick-borne diseases

MA Diuk-Wasser, MC VanAcker… - Journal of Medical …, 2021‏ - academic.oup.com
The incidence of tick-borne diseases has increased in recent decades and accounts for the
majority of vector-borne disease cases in temperate areas of Europe, North America, and …

Risk factors associated with sustained circulation of six zoonotic arboviruses: a systematic review for selection of surveillance sites in non-endemic areas

HJ Esser, R Mögling, NB Cleton, H Van Der Jeugd… - Parasites & vectors, 2019‏ - Springer
Arboviruses represent a significant burden to public health and local economies due to their
ability to cause unpredictable and widespread epidemics. To maximize early detection of …

Ticks on the move—climate change-induced range shifts of three tick species in Europe: current and future habitat suitability for Ixodes ricinus in comparison with …

S Cunze, G Glock, J Kochmann, S Klimpel - Parasitology research, 2022‏ - Springer
Tick-borne diseases are a major health problem worldwide and could become even more
important in Europe in the future. Due to changing climatic conditions, ticks are assumed to …

[HTML][HTML] Global warming and arboviral infections

J Whitehorn, S Yacoub - Clinical Medicine, 2019‏ - Elsevier
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Ticks climb the mountains: Ixodid tick infestation and infection by tick-borne pathogens in the Western Alps

A Garcia-Vozmediano, AI Krawczyk, H Sprong… - Ticks and Tick-borne …, 2020‏ - Elsevier
In mountain areas of northwestern Italy, ticks were rarely collected in the past. In recent
years, a marked increase in tick abundance has been observed in several Alpine valleys …

Ecological and environmental factors affecting the risk of tick-borne encephalitis in Europe, 2017 to 2021

F Dagostin, V Tagliapietra, G Marini… - …, 2023‏ - pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Background Tick-borne encephalitis (TBE) is a disease which can lead to severe
neurological symptoms, caused by the TBE virus (TBEV). The natural transmission cycle …

Environmental determinants of Ixodes ricinus ticks and the incidence of Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato, the agent of Lyme borreliosis, in Scotland

MC James, AS Bowman, KJ Forbes, F Lewis… - Parasitology, 2013‏ - cambridge.org
Lyme borreliosis (LB) is the most common arthropod-borne disease of humans in the
Northern hemisphere. In Europe, the causative agent, Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato …

[HTML][HTML] Parasites and wildlife in a changing world: The vector-host-pathogen interaction as a learning case

A Rizzoli, V Tagliapietra, F Cagnacci, G Marini… - International Journal for …, 2019‏ - Elsevier
In the Anthropocene context, changes in climate, land use and biodiversity are considered
among the most important anthropogenic factors affecting parasites-host interaction and …