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Seasonal locomotion and home-range characteristics of European hares (Lepus europaeus) in an arable region in central Germany

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    Tick burden on European roe deer (Capreolus capreolus)

    In our study we assessed the tick burden on roe deer (Capreolus capreolus L.) in relation to age, physical condition, sex, deer density and season. The main objective was to find predictive parameters for tick bu...

    Torsten Vor, Christian Kiffner, Peter Hagedorn in Experimental and Applied Acarology (2010)

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    Determinants of tick-borne encephalitis in counties of southern Germany, 2001-2008

    Tick-borne encephalitis (TBE) virus can cause severe symptoms in humans. The incidence of this vector-borne pathogen in humans is characterised by spatial and temporal heterogeneity. To explain the variation i...

    Christian Kiffner, Walter Zucchini in International Journal of Health Geographics (2010)

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    Abundance estimation of Ixodes ticks (Acari: Ixodidae) on roe deer (Capreolus capreolus)

    Despite the importance of roe deer as a host for Ixodes ticks in central Europe, estimates of total tick burden on roe deer are not available to date. We aimed at providing (1) estimates of life stage and sex spe...

    Christian Kiffner, Christina Lödige, Matthias Alings in Experimental and Applied Acarology (2010)

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    Factors affecting patterns of tick parasitism on forest rodents in tick-borne encephalitis risk areas, Germany

    Identifying factors affecting individual vector burdens is essential for understanding infectious disease systems. Drawing upon data of a rodent monitoring programme conducted in nine different forest patches ...

    Christian Kiffner, Torsten Vor, Peter Hagedorn, Matthias Niedrig in Parasitology Research (2011)