Two-year monitoring of tick abundance and influencing factors in an urban area (city of Hanover, Germany)

Hauck, Daniela; Springer, Andrea; Chiţimia-Dobler, Lidia; Strübe, Christina

doi:10.1016/j.ttbdis.2020.101464

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“…Due to this, the exact locations of drags that caught ticks were not recorded and cannot thus be pinpointed to specific localities/biotopes. A recent study from Germany also reported that climatic variables did not significantly explain differences in tick densities between green spaces, suggesting that host animals and their movements may be more relevant in determining tick presence in urban green spaces (Hauck et al, 2020). Given these considerations and the generally small sizes of the study sites (Figure 1), analyses regarding climatic or landscape variables affecting tick or pathogen presence were not pursued.…”

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confidence: 99%

Enhanced threat of tick‐borne infections within cities? Assessing public health risks due to ticks in urban green spaces in Helsinki, Finland

Sormunen

Kulha

Klemola

et al. 2020

Zoonoses and Public Health

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Enhanced threat of tick‐borne infections within cities? Assessing public health risks due to ticks in urban green spaces in Helsinki, Finland

Sormunen

Kulha

Klemola

et al. 2020

Zoonoses and Public Health

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“…The bimodal seasonal activity of the nymphs with a major peak in April and May and a second smaller peak in October corresponds to other observations in urban and suburban areas in countries adjacent to Austria. These studies were conducted for example in the German cities Munich, Regensburg, Augsburg, Hannover and Berlin (Schorn et al 2011;Hauck et al 2020;Vollack et al 2017), in the Czech cities Prague and Brno (Daniel et al 2015;Žákovská et al 2013), in the Slovakian cities Bratislava, Košice,and Bardejov (Kazimírová et al 2016;Pangrácová et al 2013), in the Croatian city Zagreb (Vucelja et al 2020), and the suburbs in the southeast of Vienna (Duscher et al 2013). In previous studies Anaplasma phagocytophilum, Babesia spp., Bartonella spp., Borrelia spp., and Rickettsia spp.…”

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“… 2011 ; Hauck et al. 2020 ; Vollack et al. 2017 ), in the Czech cities Prague and Brno (Daniel et al.…”

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Long-term monitoring of the seasonal density of questing ixodid ticks in Vienna (Austria): setup and first results

Vogelgesang

Walter

Kahl³

et al. 2020

Exp Appl Acarol

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The first long-term monitoring to document both activity and density of questing ixodid ticks in Vienna, Austria, is introduced. It was started in 2017 and is planned to run over decades. Such long-term monitorings are needed to quantify possible effects of climate change or to develop tick density forecast models. The monthly questing tick density at three sites has been observed by using a standardized sampling method by dragging an area of 100 m 2 at each occasion. Popular recreational areas were chosen as study sites. These are the Prater public park, the wooded Kahlenberg, and a wildlife garden in Klosterneuburg. First results show a 3-year time series of nymphs and adults of the Ixodes ricinus species complex and Haemaphysalis concinna for the period 2017-2019. Whereas questing nymphs of the I. ricinus species complex were collected from February to November, H. concinna nymphs were only dragged from May to October. The peak of nymphal activity of the I. ricinus species complex was in May, that of H. concinna in August. In addition, a brief overview is given about ticks and tick-borne pathogens occurring in urban and suburban areas of Vienna.

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“…While most existing studies [ 10 , 27 , 63 ] on projecting future tick distribution considered climatic variables solely, our findings highlighted the importance of taking into consideration future land use pattern. The extent of cropland and forests were found vital as they could provide (i) sheltered, humid microenvironment suitable for tick survival [ 64 ]; (ii) habitats for host animals which could provide blood meals essential for tick development and reproduction [ 65 , 66 ]. The projected distribution of selected tick species was determined by different land use factors geographically.…”

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Mapping the Potential Distribution of Major Tick Species in China

Yang

Zheng

Zhou

et al. 2020

IJERPH

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Ticks are known as the vectors of various zoonotic diseases such as Lyme borreliosis and tick-borne encephalitis. Though their occurrences are increasingly reported in some parts of China, our understanding of the pattern and determinants of ticks’ potential distribution over the country remain limited. In this study, we took advantage of the recently compiled spatial dataset of distribution and diversity of ticks in China, analyzed the environmental determinants of ten frequently reported tick species and mapped the spatial distribution of these species over the country using the MaxEnt model. We found that presence of urban fabric, cropland, and forest in a place are key determents of tick occurrence, suggesting ticks were likely inhabited close to where people live. Besides, precipitation in the driest month was found to have a relatively high contribution in mapping tick distribution. The model projected that theses ticks could be widely distributed in the Northwest, Central North, Northeast, and South China. Our results added new evidence on the potential distribution of a variety of major tick species in China and pinpointed areas with a high potential risk of tick bites and tick-borne diseases for raising public health awareness and prevention responses.

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Two-year monitoring of tick abundance and influencing factors in an urban area (city of Hanover, Germany)

Cited by 33 publications

References 64 publications

Enhanced threat of tick‐borne infections within cities? Assessing public health risks due to ticks in urban green spaces in Helsinki, Finland

Enhanced threat of tick‐borne infections within cities? Assessing public health risks due to ticks in urban green spaces in Helsinki, Finland

Long-term monitoring of the seasonal density of questing ixodid ticks in Vienna (Austria): setup and first results

Mapping the Potential Distribution of Major Tick Species in China

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