Anaplasmosis in Germany

The following data on Anaplasmosis in Germany are abstracted from the Gideon e-book series. [1,2] (primary references available on request). Prevalence surveys: 5.3% of rodents and 1% of Ixodes ricinus in Stuttgart (2008 publication) 3.2% of Ixodes ricinus adults and 2.3% of nymphs. 0.9% of infected ticks were found to carry Borrelia spp. (Hanover, 2011 publication) 61.8% of blood samples from European hedgehogs (Erinaceus europaeus), 73.4% of associated Ixodes ricinus and 26.6% of Ixodes hexagonus (2007 to 2008) 3.2% of bird-feeding and 1.1% of rodent-feeding ticks in central Germany (2007) 1.4% of bird-feeding Ixodes ricinus in middle Germany (2007) 2.6% of bird-feeding Ixodes ricinus on a conservation island in the Baltic Sea (2007) 2.6% of Ixodes ricinus ticks from wild birds in the Baltic region (2007) 4.5% of hard ticks in Hanover (2010) 3.6% of Ixodes ricinus in Hamburg (2011) 1.0% of Ixodes ricinus collected from vegetation on the Baltic coast (2008) 2.9% of questing Ixodes ricinus in Bavaria (2006) 8.7% of questing Ixodes ricinus in Leipzig (2009) 11.6% / 13.3% of adult female / male Ixodes ricinus females / males in Bavarian public parks in 2009; 8.5% / 9.2% in 2010 0% of questing adult Dermacentor reticulatus ticks in the outskirts of Berlin (2012 publication) 8.2% of red foxes (Vulpes vulpes and 23% of raccoon dogs (Nyctereutes procyonoides) in Brandenburg (2014 publication) 98.9% of...
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