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2. Marketing und Angebotskommunikation.
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THESSENVITZ, STEFAN
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MARKETING ,MUNICIPAL services ,TICKS ,BRAND name products ,BUSINESS enterprises - Abstract
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- 2023
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3. Gefahr durch Zecken.
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Müller T
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- Humans, Animals, Ticks
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- 2023
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4. [Small Tick - Big Danger].
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Maager L, Lehmann C, Weiss K, and Knechtle B
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- Animals, Humans, Young Adult, Adult, Headache etiology, Physical Examination, Fever, Ticks, Encephalitis, Tick-Borne diagnosis, Encephalitis, Tick-Borne prevention & control
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Introduction: We report a 23-year-old patient who presented to the general practitioner due to persisting headache, fever, and vomiting. In the further course, a tetraparesis dominated on the right side, dysphagia and dysarthria occurred, and a general tonic-clonic seizure. Further examinations confirmed tick-borne encephalomyelitis as well as polyradiculitis. After two months of rehabilitation, neuropsychological as well as focal-neurological deficits persisted in the unvaccinated patient., Competing Interests: Es bestehen keine Interessenskonflikte., (© 2023 Aerzteverlag medinfo AG.)
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- 2023
5. Eine Bemerkung zur unterschiedlichen Zeckenlast von männlichen und weiblichen Eidechsen.
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DEICHSEL, GUNTRAM
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LIZARDS , *TICKS , *TICK-borne diseases , *TICK infestations , *ANIMAL sexual behavior - Abstract
In a retrospective analysis of data from 41 tick-infested lizards, males displayed a markedly higher tick load compared to females during the mating season. Before and after the mating season tick loads are approximately equal in either sex. This is explained by higher moving activities of males during the mating season compared to females. Hence males are exposed to a higher risk of encountering questing ticks. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2019
6. Graue und blaue Häkchen - und der Datenschutz.
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DATA protection ,TICKS ,PRIVACY ,MOBILE apps - Abstract
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- 2023
7. Vplivi na obisk gozda v splošnih in gozdnih vrtcih
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Aleš Golob and Mojca Nastran
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predšolska vzgoja ,udc:630*94(497.4)(045)=163.6 ,naravna učna okolja ,Forestry ,General Medicine ,General Chemistry ,forest pedagogy ,SD1-669.5 ,forest kindergartens ,okoljska vzgoja ,ticks ,forest visits ,Environmental sciences ,children's development ,gozdna pedagogika ,environmental education ,pre-school education ,natural learning environments ,GE1-350 ,klopi ,gozdni vrtci ,razvoj otrok ,obisk gozda - Abstract
Predšolski otroci preživijo velik del vsakdanjika v vrtcih, zato je treba umestiti obisk gozda, kot najobsežnejšega naravnega okolja v Sloveniji, v programe predšolskega varstva otrok. Na podlagi anket vzgojiteljev javnih vrtcev v Sloveniji (N = 133) smo analizirali navade, namene, ovire in skrbi pri obiskovanju gozda. V največji meri sta pogostost in dolžina obiska gozda odvisni od njegove oddaljenosti. Navade obiska gozda med gozdnimi vrtci, vključeni mi v Mrežo gozdnih vrtcev, ki jo organizira Inštitut za gozdno pedagogiko, se večinoma ne razlikujejo značilno od splošnih javnih vrtcev. Najpomembnejša razlika med njimi je pogostejši obisk v slabšem vremenu in sam namen obiska gozda. Glavne skrbi pri obisku gozda so klopi, strah pred poškodbami in neprimerna oprema otrok. Za manj pogostejši obisk gozda vzgojitelji navajajo med drugim tudi druge vzgojne prioritete vrtcev in premalo podpore s strani vodstva ter staršev, kar nakazuje potrebo po strateški promociji, izobraževanju in implementaciji preživljanja časa v gozdu v okviru predšolske vzgoje. Preschool children spend a large part of their everyday life in kindergartens, so it is necessary to include visits to the forest, which is the most extensive natural environment in Slovenia, in preschool childcare programs. Based on surveys with preschool teachers of public kindergartens in Slovenia (N = 133), we analysed the habits, purposes, barriers and concerns associated with visiting the forest. The frequency and duration of forest visits largely depend on the distance of the forest from the kindergarten. The habits of forest visits among forest kindergartens which are included in the Network of Forest Kindergartens organized by the Institute of Forest Pedagogy do not differ significantly from that of general public kindergartens. They differ mainly with respect to the frequency of visitation in bad weather and the purpose of visitation. The main concerns when visiting the forest are ticks, fear of injury, and the children having inappropriate equipment. The reasons for less frequent forest visitation include different pedagogical priorities of the kindergartens and lack of support from the management and parents, which highlight the need for the strategic promotion and implementation of forest visitation in preschool education.
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- 2021
8. [CME: Neuroborreliosis]
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Laura, Iven-Assmann, Katarzyna, Szajek, Rolf, Sturzenegger, Alexia, Cusini, and Thomas, Fehr
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Lyme Disease ,Ticks ,Ceftriaxone ,Animals ,Humans ,Erythema Chronicum Migrans ,Anti-Bacterial Agents - Abstract
CME: Neuroborreliosis
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- 2022
9. Magen-Darm-Beschwerden durch Zecken.
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Schumacher B
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- Humans, Animals, Ticks, Gastrointestinal Diseases
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- 2023
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10. Mehr Zecken – und FSME.
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CLIMATE change ,TICKS ,ENCEPHALITIS ,INFECTION ,SYMPTOMS - Abstract
The article presents the discussion on climate change favoring the spread from ticks. Topics include climate change favoring the spread of ticks and thus also the occurrence of TBE (tick-borne encephalitis); and TBE infections causing very atypical symptoms especially in children the danger of Misdiagnosis.
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- 2023
11. Frühsommermeningoenzephalitis.
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Kaiser, R.
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COGNITIVE ability , *ENCEPHALOMYELITIS , *TICK-borne encephalitis , *TICKS , *DISEASES , *PHYSIOLOGY , *VACCINATION , *THERAPEUTICS , *DISEASE risk factors - Abstract
Tick-borne encephalitis (TBE) is one of the most important viral infections of the human central nervous system. Approximately 10,000 cases of TBE are referred to hospitals in Europe and Asia each year. The TBE virus (TBEV) is mainly transmitted by tick bites but also occasionally by unpasteurized goat's milk. As in endemic areas on average only 1-3 % of ticks are infected with the TBEV and the clinical manifestation rate is approximately 33 %, only approximately 1 in every 100-300 tick bites leads to disease. The incubation period varies from 5-28 days and typically has a biphasic course of fever. The TBE manifests as meningitis in approximately 50 % of patients, as meningoencephalitis in 40 % and as encephalomyelitis in 10 %. The suspected diagnosis is confirmed by the demonstration of TBEV-specific IgM and IgG antibodies in serum and the presence of elevated cell counts in cerebrospinal fluid. No specific treatment for TBE is known but it can be successfully prevented by active immunization. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2016
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12. Folgenschwere Kopfschmerzen.
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Grünig, Beat, Rothen, Madeleine, and Laube, Marcus
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A patient with fever, headache and discrete neurologic symptoms developed a coma followed by severe paralysis. The cause was a tick-borne encephalitis. In the follow-up, the patient required supportive care on the intensive care unit for alm ost tw o months and further on, a rehabilitation of alm ost seven months was needed. The patient has not been vaccinated, even though he fulfilled the criteria for the recommendation of vaccination because he occasionally visited areas at risk. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2016
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13. Vorkommen der Seevogelzecke am Helgoländer Lummenfelsen.
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Schwantes, Ulrich
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IXODES , *CLIFFS , *ECTOPARASITES , *TICKS , *SPECIES , *ADULTS , *TICK infestations - Abstract
The article reports that the breeding rocks of seabirds are also home to a specialized parasite that infests the breeding adult birds as well as the young to suck blood. Topics include considered it is the seabird tick (Ixodes uriae), which has a worldwide distribution and has already been reported in detail in SEEVÖGEL.
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- 2022
14. Die ticken anders.
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Weilbacher, Jan C.
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SALES personnel ,TICKS - Abstract
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- 2023
15. Blutsauger auf Wanderschaft.
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HORSTHEMKE, SINA
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IXODIDAE ,COMMUNICABLE diseases ,LEISHMANIASIS ,TICKS ,CLIMATE change - Abstract
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- 2022
16. Frühsommer-Meningoenzephalitis: Eine Übersicht.
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Schöffel, N., Volante, G., Klingelhöfer, D., Braun, M., and Groneberg, D.
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- 2017
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17. Ökologie von Zecken als Überträger von Krankheitserregern in Baden-Württemberg und biologische Zeckenbekämpfung.
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Sebastian, P., Mackenstedt, U., Wassermann, M., Wurst, E., Hartelt, K., Petney, T., Pfäffle, M., Littwin, N., Steidle, J.L.M., Selzer, P., Norra, S., Böhnke, D., Gebhardt, R., Kahl, O., Dautel, H., and Oehme, R.
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- 2014
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18. Beiträge zur Anatomie der Milben / von H.A. Pagenstecher
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Pagenstecher, H. Alexander (Heinrich Alexander), 1825-1889, Smithsonian Libraries, and Pagenstecher, H. Alexander (Heinrich Alexander), 1825-1889
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Ixodes ,Mites ,Ticks ,Trombidiidae - Published
- 1860
19. Die fortpflanzung und entwicklung der pupiparen. Nach beobachtungen an Melophagus ovinus
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Leuckart, Rudolf, 1823-1898, Smithsonian Libraries, and Leuckart, Rudolf, 1823-1898
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Sheep-tick ,Ticks - Published
- 1858
20. Die fortpflanzung und entwicklung der pupiparen. Nach beobachtungen an Melophagus ovinus
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Leuckart, Rudolf, 1823-1898, Smithsonian Libraries and Archives, and Leuckart, Rudolf, 1823-1898
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Sheep-tick ,Ticks
21. Fieber und Lymphadenopathie.
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Bloch, C., Friedl, A., Zucol, F., Widmer, A., and Khanna, N.
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- 2013
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22. Untersuchungen zu vektorübertragenen Parasiten bei Hunden auf den Kapverdischen Inseln.
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Kirchner, Marlene, Brunner, Adrian, Edelhofer, Renate, and Joachim, Anja
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- 2008
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23. Durch Zecken übertragbare Krankheitserreger in Mitteleuropa.
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Stanek, Gerold
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- 2005
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24. Durch Zecken übertragene humanpathogene und bisher als apathogen geltende Mikroorganismen in Europa.
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Süss, J., Fingerle, V., Hunfeld, K.-P., Schrader, C., and Wilske, B.
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- 2004
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25. Frühsommermeningoenzephalitis.
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Zoehrer, B., Spork, D., and Zenz, W.
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- 2003
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26. The influence of co-infections on the reservoir competence of peridomestic rodents for tick-borne pathogens
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Maaz, Denny
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helminths ,mites ,wild rodents ,Arthropoda ,co-infections ,Ixodes ricinus ,endoparasites ,tick-borne pathogens ,ectoparasites ,ticks - Abstract
Small rodents and their nests are fascinating and existential biotopes for numerous arthropod, helminth and protozoan animals. On the other side, some of the parasite species can cause disease in humans and companion animals and wild mice and voles are reservoir hosts for many tick-borne pathogens. Despite that, the biodiversity and quantitative occurrence of many wild rodent parasites and their zoonotic potential is largely unknown. Six rodent species from the genera Apodemus, Myodes and Microtus are presumably the most abundant non-commensal rodent species in Europe and also among the most important hosts for immature life stages of ticks in urban areas like Berlin. In the first instance, the present thesis therefore reviewed for the first time all the 460 invertebrate and 69 protozoan species which were reported from these six rodent species in Europe and gave a brief overview about the taxonomy, major morphological characteristics, life cycles and zoonotic potential of the macroparasites and intestinal Coccidia associated with these rodents. In a longitudinal field study, 257 rodents of these six species were trapped at four study sites in Berlin and examined for intestinal Coccidia, macroparasites and other invertebrates. The ectoparasites, as well as phoretic and non-parasitic arthropods detected in the fur and on the skin of the rodents were covered in manuscript 1, while helminths and intestinal Coccidia were addressed in manuscript 2. A high taxon richness of at least 84 species, comprising 63 arthropod, 20 helminth and one higher coccidian taxon was observed on/in the rodents in Berlin and no rodent individual was free of parasite infections. The tick Ixodes ricinus was the most frequent species with 56% prevalence and a mean intensity of 9.4 ticks per rodent host. Eight mite and one nematode species represent new records for the fauna of Germany. Rodent species, trapping location and season were clearly associated with the quantitative occurrence of most parasite groups. Mice were more often parasitised by digenean flukes, hymenlepidid tapeworms, the nematode Heterakis spumosa, lice and listrophorid mites but less often by anoplocephalid tapeworms, trombiculid and myocoptid mites than voles. In non-metric multidimensional scaling, host species even appeared to be more important than trapping location, since rodent individuals could mostly be allocated to one of three host taxon groups, only according to the parasite taxa they harboured. However, the different degrees of urbanisation between the trapping locations affected not only the presence and abundance of the rodent species, but also the species richness of rodent parasites. Compared to rural areas, mice and voles in Berlin carried less arthropod species with low host dependence and host specifity, such as fleas, trombiculid and non-parasitic gamasid mites. Furthermore, ecto- and endoparasites with lower host adaptation and high dependence on intermediate hosts or other external factors were decreasingly diverse, prevalent and/or numerous with increasing degree of urbanisation from periurban to urban sites. Endoparasites without host change (monoxenous) and stationary ectoparasites, in contrast, were more prevalent and/or numerous at urban sites. Apart from ticks, the parasites detected on the six peridomestic rodent species in Berlin only pose a minor zoonotic risk of infection for people, since species causing severe diseases, such as Echinococcus multilocularis were absent. In contrast, the role of these hosts in the urban life cycle of ticks is important and they most certainly participate in the maintenance of well-known and emerging tick-borne pathogens in Berlin. Hence, regression analyses were performed to assess the influence of co-infections on tick abundance on the rodent host. Considering several confounding factors, the abundance of I. ricinus larvae was negatively associated with the abundance of nematodes from the superfamily Heligmosomoidea and Syphacia sp., as well as of gamasid mite parasites from the family Laelapidae, while that of hymenolepidid tapeworms was positively associated. To verify a relationship of cause and effect, laboratory co-infection experiments were conducted and published in manuscript 3. Mice simultaneously infected with Heligmosomoides polygyrus nematodes as well as with larval or nymphal I. ricinus ticks exhibited substantially higher systemic type 2 T helper cell (Th2) responses, based on interleukin 13 and GATA 3 expression compared to single-infected mice. However, the development of partial immunity and the Th2 reactivity towards ticks were unaffected by the nematode infection during repeated larval tick infestations. Co-infections with H. polygyrus were also unable to affect the susceptibility for tick-transmitted Borrelia afzelii Lyme disease spirochetes and their replication, dissemination and induction of signs of pathology in the rodent host. The negative association between heligmosomoid nematodes and ticks in wild rodents could not be confirmed in laboratory mice. However, the observed negative effect of laelapid mites on tick abundance, which may be caused by predation, should be further investigated. These mites have the potential to affect feeding success of ticks and therefore the transmission of many tick-borne pathogens. The present field study constitutes a current basis for studies on parasite diversity, arthropod vector competence and natural co-infections., Kleine Nagetiere und ihre Nester sind faszinierende und existentielle Biotope für zahlreiche Arthropoden-, Helminthen-, und intestinale Protozoenarten. Auf der anderen Seite können einige der parasitischen Arten Krankheiten bei Menschen und Haustieren verursachen. Zudem sind wilde Wühlmäuse und Mäuse Reservoirwirte für viele Zecken übertragene Pathogene. Trotz allem sind die Biodiversität und das quantitative Vorkommen vieler Wildnagerparasiten, sowie ihr zoonotisches Potential noch immer weitgehend unbekannt. Sechs Nagetierarten aus den Gattungen Apodemus, Myodes und Microtus umfassen wahrscheinlich die individuenreichsten, nicht kommensalen Nagetierarten in Europa und gehören zugleich zu den wichtigsten Wirten für juvenile Zeckenstadien in urbanen Gebieten wie Berlin. Daher fasst diese Thesis zu Beginn erstmalig alle 460 Invertebraten- und 69 Protozoenarten zusammen, welche diese sechs Nagetierarten in Europa parasitieren oder anderweitig mit ihnen assoziiert sind und gibt zudem einen kurzen Überblick über die Taxonomie, die wichtigsten morphologischen Charakteristiken, die Lebenszyklen und das zoonotische Potential der Makroparasiten und intestinalen Kokzidien. In einer longitudinalen Freilandstudie wurden 257 Nagetiere dieser sechs Arten an vier Fangorten in Berlin gefangen und auf intestinale Kokzidien, Makroparasiten und andere Invertebraten untersucht. Die Ektoparasiten, sowie phoretische und nicht parasitische Arthropoden, welche im Fell und auf der Haut der Nagetiere gefunden wurden, werden im Manuskript 1 behandelt, während Helminthen und intestinale Kokzidien in Manuskript 2 präsentiert werden. Eine hohe Taxonvielfalt von mindestens 84 Arten, welche sich aus 63 Arthropoden , 20 Helminthenarten und einem höheren Kokzidientaxon zusammensetzt, wurde auf/in den Nagetieren in Berlin festgestellt und kein einziges Tier war frei von parasitischen Infektionen. Die Zecke Ixodes ricinus war die häufigste Art mit einer Prävalenz von 56% und einer mittleren Intensität von 9,4 Zecken pro Nagetierwirt. Acht Milbenarten und eine Nematodenart stellten Erstnachweise für die deutsche Fauna dar. Nagetierart, Fangort und Jahreszeit hatten deutlichen Einfluss auf das quantitative Vorkommen der meisten Parasitengruppen. Mäuse waren häufiger mit Trematoden, hymenolepididen Bandwürmern, dem Nematoden Heterakis spumosa, Tierläusen und listrophoriden Milben, aber seltener mit anoplocephaliden Bandwürmern, trombiculiden und myocoptiden Milben befallen als Wühlmäuse. Unter Verwendung einer Nicht-metrischen multidimensionalen Skalierung erschien die Wirtsart von größerer Bedeutung zu sein als der Fangort, da die Nagetierindividuen allein aufgrund ihrer Parasitentaxa einer von drei Wirtstaxongruppen zugeordnet werden konnten. Der unterschiedliche Grad an Urbanisierung zwischen den Fangorten hingegen beeinflusste nicht nur die Präsenz und Abundanz der Nagetierarten, sondern auch den Artenreichtum der Nagetierparasiten. Im Vergleich zu ländlichen Gebieten waren die Mäuse und Wühlmäuse in Berlin mit weniger Arthropodenarten mit geringer Wirtsabhängigkeit und spezifität, wie Flöhen, trombiculiden und nicht parasitischen gamasiden Milben, infestiert. Zudem waren Ekto- und Endoparasiten mit geringerer Wirtsadaptation und starker Abhängigkeit von Zwischenwirten oder anderen externen Faktoren weniger divers, prävalent und/oder individuenreich mit steigendem Grad der Urbanisierung von periurbanen zu urbanen Fangorten. Endoparasiten ohne Wirtswechsel (monoxen) und stationäre Ektoparasiten waren dagegen prävalenter und/oder zahlreicher an den urbanen Standorten. Mit Ausnahme der Zecken stellen die in dieser Studie gefundenen Parasiten der sechs peridomestischen Nagetierarten in Berlin nur ein geringes zoonotisches Infektionsrisiko für den Menschen dar. Arten wie der Fuchsbandwurm Echinococcus multilocularis, welche schwere Krankheiten verursachen, fehlten. Im Gegensatz dazu ist die Rolle dieser Wirte bedeutend für die urbanen Lebenszyklen von Zecken und sie nehmen unzweifelhaft auch an der Zirkulation von bekannten und neuartigen Zecken-übertragenen Krankheitserregern in Berlin teil. Aus diesem Grund wurden Regressionsanalysen zum Einfluss von Koinfektionen auf die Abundanz von Zecken auf ihren Nagetierwirten durchgeführt. Unter Berücksichtigung von wichtigen Störfaktoren war die Abundanz von I. ricinus Larven sowohl mit der Abundanz von Nematoden der Überfamilie Heligmosomoidea und von Syphacia sp., als auch mit der Abundanz von parasitischen, gamasiden Milben der Familie Laelapidae negativ assoziiert, während jene von hymenolepididen Bandwürmern positiv assoziiert war. Für den Nachweis einer kausalen Beziehung zwischen den Parasiten wurden experimentelle Koinfektionen in Labornagern durchgeführt, welche in Manuskript 3 publiziert wurden. Mäuse, welche gleichzeitig sowohl mit Heligmosomoides polygyrus Nematoden, als auch mit Zeckenlarven und nymphen von I. ricinus infiziert waren, zeigten beträchtlich erhöhte systemische Typ 2 T Helfer Zellantworten (Th2), auf der Basis der Interleukin 13- und GATA 3-Expression im Vergleich zu Mäusen mit Einzelinfektionen. Die Entwicklung einer teilweisen Immunität und die Th2 Reaktivität gegenüber Zecken waren hingegen unbeeinflusst von der Nematodeninfektion während wiederholter Infestationen mit Zeckenlarven. Koinfektionen mit H. polygyrus waren zudem nicht in der Lage, die Suszeptibilität gegenüber Zecken-übertragenen Borrelia afzelii Lyme-Spirochäten, sowie deren Replikation, Dissemination und Induktion von pathologischen Veränderungen im Nagetierwirt zu beeinflussen. Die in Wildnagern beobachtete negative Assoziation zwischen heligmosomoiden Nematoden und Zecken konnte somit in Labormäusen nicht bestätigt werden. Allerdings sollte ein womöglich negativer Effekt von laelapiden Milben auf die Zeckenabundanz, welcher eventuell auf Prädation beruht, in Zukunft näher untersucht werden. Diese Milben haben das Potential, den Erfolg der Blutmahlzeit von Zecken und somit die Transmission von Zecken-übertragenen Pathogenen zu beeinflussen. Die hier präsentierte Feldstudie bietet eine aktuelle Basis für weitere Studien zur Biodiversität von Parasiten, zur Vektorkompetenz von Arthropoden und zu natürlichen Koinfektionen.
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- 2019
27. [Mosquitoes and Ticks: The Influence of Global Warming in the Transmission of Infectious Diseases in Germany]
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Christoph Josef, Hemmer, Petra, Emmerich, Micha, Loebermann, Silvius, Frimmel, and Emil Christian, Reisinger
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Culicidae ,Ticks ,Virus Diseases ,Arthropod Vectors ,Animals ,Humans ,Global Warming - Abstract
During the last 135 years, the average temperature in Germany has increased by 1.4 °C. By 2050, a further rise by 1.5 °C is expected. This is associated with an increase of precipitation during the winter months. This climate change probably will improve both the growth conditions for mosquitoes and ticks, as well as their ability to transmit infectious diseases. Today, vectors that have not yet been present are invading into Germany. Among them is Aedes albopictus, which transmits Chikungunya, Zika, and Dengue Fever. Also, spreading of autochthonous malaria and West Nile Fever appear possible in Germany. Because of the increased presence of Phlebotomus species, leishmaniasis should be considered as a potential differential diagnosis in unclear hematologic diseases. Among the tick-borne diseases, climate change has already led to increased case numbers of Borreliosis and Tick Borne Encephalitis (TBE), and Crimean Congo Virus is spreading from the Balkan region towards Central Europe. This requires physicians to consider additional differential diagnoses in febrile illnesses.
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- 2018
28. [Update on Tick-Borne Diseases in Germany]
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Johannes P, Borde, Gerhard, Dobler, and Siegbert, Rieg
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Ticks ,Tick-Borne Diseases ,Germany ,Animals ,Humans - Published
- 2017
29. [Diseases transmitted by ticks].
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Fingerle V and Sing A
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- Animals, Humans, Ticks
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- 2021
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30. [Not Available]
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Bettina, Krieg
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Lyme Disease ,Ticks ,Tick-Borne Diseases ,Animals ,Humans - Published
- 2016
31. Allergies due to stings and bites of insects and arachnids
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Maximilian Schiener, Simon Blank, and Markus Ollert
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0106 biological sciences ,Insect venom allergens ,Blood-sucking insects ,Arachnids ,fungi ,Biology ,Bees ,01 natural sciences ,Mosquitoes ,010602 entomology ,Ticks ,Horseflies ,Immunology and Allergy ,Hymenoptera venom allergy ,Salivary allergens ,Yellow jackets ,010606 plant biology & botany - Abstract
Allergic reactions due to stings of Hymenoptera species, such as honeybees or yellow jackets, are well known as severe allergies with potentially fatal outcome. Much less common is that also bites of blood-sucking insects (mosquitos, horseflies, flies, bugs, lice and fleas) and arachnids (ticks) represent relevant elicitors of allergy. Although, local cutaneous hypersensitivity reactions are more common, also severe systemic reactions can occur. In the last decades the molecular knowledge of the allergen composition of hymenoptera venoms has led to considerable improvements of diagnostic and therapeutic options. Even though bloodsucking insects might be the most common elicitors of allergy overall, surprisingly little is known about their relevant allergens and possible cross-reactivities. The lack of diagnostic tools in this area results in the fact that these allergies remain underdiagnosed and-treated. © 2016 Dustri-Verlag Dr. Karl Feistle.
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- 2016
32. [Tick-borne encephalitis]
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Reinhard Kaiser
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Pediatrics ,Antibodies, Viral ,0302 clinical medicine ,Ticks ,Meningoencephalitis ,Risk Factors ,030212 general & internal medicine ,Encephalomyelitis ,Child ,0303 health sciences ,biology ,Meningitis, Viral ,Magnetic Resonance Imaging ,3. Good health ,Eastern european ,Europe ,Paresis ,Infectious Diseases ,Child, Preschool ,medicine.symptom ,Meningitis ,Encephalitis ,Encephalitis, Tick-Borne ,Microbiology (medical) ,Adult ,medicine.medical_specialty ,Ataxia ,Immunization, Secondary ,Tick ,Encephalitis Viruses, Tick-Borne ,03 medical and health sciences ,medicine ,Encephalitis Viruses ,Animals ,Humans ,030304 developmental biology ,business.industry ,Tick-borne encephalitis ,Infant ,Viral Vaccines ,medicine.disease ,biology.organism_classification ,Cross-Sectional Studies ,Immunoglobulin M ,Immunoglobulin G ,Immunology ,Arachnid Vectors ,Immunization ,business - Abstract
Tick-borne encephalitis (TBE) is one of the most important viral infections of the human central nervous system. Approximately 10,000 cases of TBE are referred to hospitals in Europe and Asia each year. The TBE virus (TBEV) is mainly transmitted by tick bites but also occasionally by unpasteurized goat's milk. As in endemic areas on average only 1-3 % of ticks are infected with the TBEV and the clinical manifestation rate is approximately 33 %, only approximately 1 in every 100-300 tick bites leads to disease. The incubation period varies from 5-28 days and typically has a biphasic course of fever. The TBE manifests as meningitis in approximately 50 % of patients, as meningoencephalitis in 40 % and as encephalomyelitis in 10 %. The suspected diagnosis is confirmed by the demonstration of TBEV-specific IgM and IgG antibodies in serum and the presence of elevated cell counts in cerebrospinal fluid. No specific treatment for TBE is known but it can be successfully prevented by active immunization.
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- 2016
33. [How do I remove tick nymphs?]
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Nicolai, Treiber, Diana, Crisan, Joachim, Gülke, and Lars Alexander, Schneider
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Nymph ,Ticks ,General Practice ,Animals ,Humans ,Female ,Middle Aged ,Surgical Instruments ,Tick Infestations - Published
- 2016
34. Fieber und Lymphadenopathie: Bericht über 4 Tularämiefälle
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Bloch, C., Friedl, A., Zucol, F., Widmer, A., and Khanna, N.
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- 2013
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35. Zeckenmythen und -fakten im Spiegel der Zeit.
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Rafeiner P
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- Animals, Ticks
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- 2020
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36. Zecken gesucht.
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b. m. z.
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TICKS ,BROWN dog tick ,HEMORRHAGIC fever - Abstract
The article offers information that the scientists at the Hohenheim University has invited information on ticks like hyalomma tick and the brown dog tick which are responsible for hemorrhagic fever and the Arabic hemorrhagic fever to prevent the spread of infections, as of April 2020.
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- 2020
37. [Ticks lurk in the garden]
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Ticks ,Germany ,Animals ,Humans ,Viral Vaccines ,Plants ,Child ,Encephalitis, Tick-Borne ,Pediatric Nursing - Published
- 2015
38. [After-care in general practice after tick-borne encephalitis]
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Reinhard, Kaiser
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Adult ,Adolescent ,Age Factors ,Viral Vaccines ,Middle Aged ,Prognosis ,Magnetic Resonance Imaging ,Young Adult ,Cross-Sectional Studies ,Ticks ,Germany ,Animals ,Humans ,Topography, Medical ,Child ,Encephalitis, Tick-Borne ,Aged ,Disease Reservoirs - Published
- 2014
39. Zeckenübertragene Infektionserreger bei Hunden im Raum Berlin/Brandenburg
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Schreiber, Cécile
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Neoehrlichia mikurensis ,risk analysis ,Borrelia ,Ric ,infectious diseases ,tickborne diseases ,ticks ,Anaplasma phagocytophilum - Abstract
Vektorübertragene Krankheiten stellen ein wichtiges Teilgebiet der klinischen Tiermedizin bei Hunden dar. Dabei spielen Zecken als Vektoren verschiedener Infektionserreger eine große Rolle. Ihre Ausbreitung wird unter anderem durch den zunehmenden Reiseverkehr von Tieren, das Ausbleiben langer harter Winter und die Renaturierung landwirtschaftlicher Nutzflächen gefördert. Zudem stellen neu aufkommende Infektionserreger sowie das Vorkommen von Koinfektionen Herausforderungen für die tierärztliche Praxis dar. Um Informationen über die Gefährdung Berliner Hunde durch zeckenübertragene Infektionserreger zu gewinnen, war Zielstellung dieser Dissertation die Ermittlung von Prävalenzen der Erregergruppen Babesia spp., Rickettsia spp., Anaplasmataceae und Borrelia spp. in von Hunden abgesammelten Zecken, verbunden mit der Erfassung des Scutal Index (SI) als Maß für die Dauer der Blutmahlzeit einer jeden Zecke. Die untersuchten Zecken stammen aus einer Umfrage- und Sammelstudie, durchgeführt im Zeitraum März 2010 bis April 2011 an der Klinik für kleine Haustiere der Freien Universität Berlin (Beck, 2012). Studienteilnehmer mit ihren Hunden aus Berlin und Umgebung wurden im Lauf der Vorgängerstudie akquiriert und reichten Zecken der Spezies I. ricinus, I. hexagonus und D. reticulatus ein. Der SI von 1694 Zecken wurde ermittelt, der Erregernachweis fand bei 1255 Zecken mittels PCR und Sequenzierung oder High Resolution Melting Curve Analysis (HRM) statt. Über 40 % der untersuchten weiblichen I. ricinus (n=480) und über 60 % (n=647) der untersuchten weiblichen D. reticulatus wurden aufgrund der SI-Ergebnisse erst nach ca. zweitägiger Blutmahlzeit gefunden und entfernt. Weibliche Zecken wiesen einen signifikant höheren SI und eine höhere Infektionsrate auf als männliche Zecken (p, Vectorborne diseases are an important part of the clinical veterinary medicine of dogs. For these diseases ticks play a major role as vectors of different infectious agents. The spreading of ticks is enhanced by an increased transport of animals cross country borders, the absence of cold and long winters as well as the re-naturation of agricultural areas. Today, the emergence of infectious diseases as well as the appearance of coinfections pose a challenge during the clinical work of veterinarians. To gather information about the current risk for dogs regarding tick borne diseases this study focused on the detection of four groups of pathogens: Babesia spp, Borrelia spp., Rickettsia spp. and Anaplasmataceae. All examined ticks were collected from dogs living in Berlin and Brandenburg. As part of the risk analysis, scutal indices (SI) were determined for each tick in order to obtain a rough estimation of duration of feeding. All analysed ticks were collected between March 2010 and April 2011 in the course of a previous study regarding tick control and infestation patterns of dogs at the Small Animal Clinic of the Freie Universität Berlin (Beck, 2012) (Klinik und Poliklinik für kleine Haustiere der Freien Universität Berlin). During the study participants collected I. ricinus, I. hexagonus and D. reticulatus ticks from their dogs. These ticks were used for SI measurements (1693 ticks) and the detection of infectious agents (1255 ticks) by means of PCR, sequencing, or High Resolution Melting Curve Analysis (HRM). According to SI measurements, over 40% of examined female I. ricinus (n=480) and over 60% (n=647) of examined female D. reticulatus were removed after a feeding time of at least two days. Female ticks had a significantly higher SI than males (p
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- 2014
40. Frühsommermeningoenzephalitis: Klinik und Therapie
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Zoehrer, B., Spork, D., and Zenz, W.
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- 2003
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41. [Mosquitoes and Ticks: The Influence of Global Warming in the Transmission of Infectious Diseases in Germany].
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Hemmer CJ, Emmerich P, Loebermann M, Frimmel S, and Reisinger EC
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- Animals, Humans, Arthropod Vectors, Culicidae, Global Warming, Ticks, Virus Diseases transmission, Virus Diseases virology
- Abstract
During the last 135 years, the average temperature in Germany has increased by 1.4 °C. By 2050, a further rise by 1.5 °C is expected. This is associated with an increase of precipitation during the winter months. This climate change probably will improve both the growth conditions for mosquitoes and ticks, as well as their ability to transmit infectious diseases. Today, vectors that have not yet been present are invading into Germany. Among them is Aedes albopictus, which transmits Chikungunya, Zika, and Dengue Fever. Also, spreading of autochthonous malaria and West Nile Fever appear possible in Germany. Because of the increased presence of Phlebotomus species, leishmaniasis should be considered as a potential differential diagnosis in unclear hematologic diseases. Among the tick-borne diseases, climate change has already led to increased case numbers of Borreliosis and Tick Borne Encephalitis (TBE), and Crimean Congo Virus is spreading from the Balkan region towards Central Europe. This requires physicians to consider additional differential diagnoses in febrile illnesses., Competing Interests: Disclosure The authors report no conflicts of interest in this work., (© Georg Thieme Verlag KG Stuttgart · New York.)
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- 2018
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42. Tropische Zecke wieder da.
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HYALOMMA ,TICKS - Abstract
The article discusses the harmful impact of tropical hyalomma Tick which is showed in North Rhine-Westphalia and Lower Saxony in Germany. It also mention steps taken by the government to control tick and explores research of University of Hohenheim and the institute for microbiology on the Tick.
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- 2019
43. [African tick bite fever--rickettsiosis after holiday in South Africa]
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B T, Schleenvoigt, P, Keller, A, Stallmach, and M W, Pletz
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Diagnosis, Differential ,Rickettsia conorii ,South Africa ,Travel ,Ticks ,Animals ,Humans ,Female ,Bites and Stings ,Middle Aged ,Boutonneuse Fever ,Fever of Unknown Origin - Abstract
A 61-year-old female patient presented with multiple tick bites. Some of them turned into skin ulcera. The patient acquired the tick bites during a stay in South Africa for several weeks. EXAMINATIONS AND DIAGNOSIS: According to the history and typical skin manifestations, a tick borne infection (rickettsiosis) was diagnosed and serologically confirmed.The empiric treatment with doxycycline resulted in a fast regression of the skin ulcera.Rickettsial infections can be diagnosed in the presence of typical skin manifestations (eschar andor centripedal exanthema) and after an appropriate history of travel. In such cases, empiric treatment with tetracyclines can be performed.
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- 2012
44. [Erythema migrans. Can borrelia be transmitted other than by ticks?]
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H S, Füssle
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Lyme Disease ,Ticks ,Borrelia burgdorferi Group ,Borrelia burgdorferi ,Animals ,Erythema Chronicum Migrans ,Humans ,Bites and Stings - Published
- 2011
45. 5-yr-old with borrelial lymphocytoma
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Benedetta, Belloni, Christian, Andres, Johannes, Ring, and Heidelore, Hofmann
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Diagnosis, Differential ,Male ,Lyme Disease ,Ticks ,Pseudolymphoma ,Borrelia burgdorferi ,Child, Preschool ,Scrotum ,Animals ,Humans ,Bites and Stings ,Genital Diseases, Male - Published
- 2011
46. Ulceroglandular tularemia
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Christiane, Potz-Biedermann, Lena, Schwendemann, Klaus, Schröppel, Karsten, Sönnichsen, Diethard, Schmidt, and Martin, Schaller
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Male ,Leg Ulcer ,Administration, Oral ,Disease Vectors ,Injections, Intramuscular ,Abscess ,Anti-Bacterial Agents ,Ticks ,Lymphadenitis ,Doxycycline ,Zoonoses ,Streptomycin ,Animals ,Humans ,Bites and Stings ,Tularemia ,Aged - Abstract
An increasing number of patients with the zoonosis tularemia have been reported in the last few years in Europe. Tularemia can be divided into different forms depending on its appearance. Tularemia must be considered in the differential diagnosis of diseases that present with an ulcer and regional lymphadenopathy. The diagnosis can be confirmed by culturing Francisella tularensis. With effective antibiotic intervention, the prognosis is favorable. Typically tularemia develops after outdoor activities; it is generally transferred by blood-sucking arthropods from infected wild animals to humans.
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- 2011
47. [Summer time - tick time]
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M, Dieterich
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Ticks ,Meningoencephalitis ,Tick-Borne Diseases ,Germany ,Animals ,Humans ,Seasons ,Encephalitis, Tick-Borne - Published
- 2009
48. [True evolutionary winners: ticks have been around for 350 million years]
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Martin, Komorek
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Cross-Sectional Studies ,Ticks ,Animals ,Humans ,Bites and Stings ,Child ,Adaptation, Physiological ,Biological Evolution ,Encephalitis, Tick-Borne - Published
- 2009
49. [Apparent and real sequelae of a tick bite. 'What cannot be explained one is tempted to view as borreliosis]
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H S, Füessl
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Lyme Disease ,Ixodes ,Diagnostic Tests, Routine ,Anti-Bacterial Agents ,Diagnosis, Differential ,Ticks ,Patient Education as Topic ,Predictive Value of Tests ,Germany ,Animals ,Erythema Chronicum Migrans ,Humans ,Bites and Stings ,Family Practice - Published
- 2009
50. [Ticks--due to climatic changes, much more than just Ixodes ricinus, TBE and Lyme disease]
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Thomas F, Voigt
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Greenhouse Effect ,Lyme Disease ,Ticks ,Ixodes ,Tick-Borne Diseases ,Climate ,Germany ,Population ,Animals ,Humans ,Encephalitis, Tick-Borne ,Tick Infestations - Abstract
Ectoparasitic arthropodes, like ticks, confer numerous pathogenic bacterial and viral germs upon human beings and/or animals. Since these vectors are poikilothermic, there is a strong dependence on environmental conditions. Climatic as well as microclimatic conditions play a major role. Against this background, it can be anticipated that climatic changes also influence the bionomics of ticks and of the pathogens conferred by them.
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- 2008
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