Tag Archive for PRO/AH/EDR> Tick-borne encephalitis – Germany: tick increase
PRO/AH/EDR> Tick-borne encephalitis – Germany: tick increase
Pests -- GermanyThe castor bean tick, _Ixodes ricinus_ (L.) (Ixodida: Ixodidae), is the principal vector of pathogens causing tick-borne encephalitis or Lyme borreliosis in Europe. It is therefore of general interest to make an estimate of the density of _I. ricinus_ for the whole year at the beginning of the tick season. There are 2 necessary conditions for making a successful prediction: a long homogeneous time series of observed tick density and a clear biological relationship between environmental Read more [...]
