Pathogens in ticks collected from dogs in Berlin/Brandenburg, Germany

Abstract Background Tick-borne diseases are a major health risk for humans and dogs. In addition to collection and analysis of questing ticks, analysis of host-associated ticks for the presence of pathogens is a valuable method to gain insight into transmission patterns of tick-borne diseases. Metho...

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Main Authors: Cécile Schreiber, Jürgen Krücken, Stephanie Beck, Denny Maaz, Stefan Pachnicke, Klemens Krieger, Marcus Gross, Barbara Kohn, Georg von Samson-Himmelstjerna
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2014-12-01
Series:Parasites & Vectors
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s13071-014-0535-1