IJERPH, Vol. 15, Pages 732: Effect of Climate and Land Use on the Spatio-Temporal Variability of Tick-Borne Bacteria in Europe

IJERPH, Vol. 15, Pages 732: Effect of Climate and Land Use on the Spatio-Temporal Variability of Tick-Borne Bacteria in Europe International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health doi: 10.3390/ijerph15040732 Authors: Roberto Rosà Veronica Andreo Valentina Tagliapietra Ivana Baráková Daniele Arnoldi Heidi Hauffe Mattia Manica Fausta Rosso Lucia Blaňarová Martin Bona Marketa Derdáková Zuzana Hamšíková Maria Kazimírová Jasna Kraljik Elena Kocianová Lenka Mahríková Lenka Minichová Ladislav Mošanský Mirko Slovák Michal Stanko Eva Špitalská Els Ducheyne Markus Neteler Zdenek Hubálek Ivo Rudolf Kristyna Venclikova Cornelia Silaghi Evelyn Overzier Robert Farkas Gábor Földvári Sándor Hornok Nóra Takács Annapaola Rizzoli The incidence of tick-borne diseases caused by Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato, Anaplasma phagocytophilum and Rickettsia spp. has been rising in Europe in recent decades. Early pre-assessment of acarological hazard still represents a complex challenge. The aim of this study was to model Ixodes ricinus questing nymph density and its infection rate with B. burgdorferi s.l., A. phagocytophilum and Rickettsia spp. in five European countries (Italy, Germany, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary) in various land cover types differing in use and anthropisation (agricultural, urban and natural) with climatic and environmental factors (Normalized Difference Vegetation I...
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