Ticks in the landscape: Fragmentation impacts density of Europe’s principal tick-borne disease vector, Ixodes ricinus, across Germany Springer A, Kahl O, Król N, Pfeffer M, Chitimia-Dobler L, Lindau A, Mackenstedt U, Strube C (2026) Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases, Volume 17, Issue 2, doi.org/10.1016/j.ttbdis.2026.102621. |
New data on the occurrence of Dermacentor reticulatus, Dermacentor marginatus, and Ixodes frontalis (Ixodida: Ixodidae) in Germany Król N, Springer A, Lindau A, Obiegala A, Fachet-Lehmann K, Kämmer D, Bulling I, Knoll S, Fischer D, Fischer L, Drehmann M, Chitimia-Dobler L, Kahl O, Strube C,Mackenstedt U, Pfeffer M (2026) Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases,Volume 17, Issue 3, doi.org/10.1016/j.ttbdis.2026.102637 |
From import to establishment? Experimental evidence for seasonal outdoor survival of two Rhipicephalus species in Germany, K. Fachet-Lehmann, A. Lindau, U. Mackenstedt (2025), Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases, Volume 16, Issue 6, doi.org/10.1016/j.ttbdis.2025.102560. |
Tick hazard in a Central European country: Mapping Europe’s principal tick-borne disease vector across Germany Springer A, Lindau A, Fachet-Lehmann K, Kämmer D, Bulling I, Knoll S, Król N, Fischer D, Luisa Fischer, Drehmann M, Chitimia-Dobler L, Noll M, Rose Vineer H, Kahl O, Pfeffer M, Strube C, Mackenstedt U, (2025) Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases,Volume 16, Issue 3,https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ttbdis.2025.102485. |
Unwanted souvenirs-import routes and pathogen detection of the non-endemic tick Rhipicephalus sanguineus s.l. in Germany Fachet-Lehmann K, Lindau A, Mackenstedt U. Exp Appl Acarol. 2025 Mar 11;94(3):42. doi: 10.1007/s10493-025-01010-0. |
Molting incidents of Hyalomma spp. carrying human pathogens in Germany under different weather conditions Chitimia-Dobler L, Springer A, Lang D, Lindau A, Fachet K, Dobler G, Nijhof AM, Strube C, Mackenstedt U (2024) , Parasites Vectors doi.org/10.1186/s13071-024-06175-y |
Germany-wide citizen science study reveals spread of Babesia canis-infected Dermacentor reticulatus ticks by dogs travelling within the country Springer A, Lindau A, Probst J, Fachet K, Schäfer I, Dobler G, Mackenstedt U, Strube C (2024) Current Research in Parasitology & Vector-Borne Diseases doi.org/10.1016/j.crpvbd.2024.100187 |
Exotic ticks removed from German travelers Chitimia-Dobler L, Fachet F, Lindau A, Mackenstedt U, Strube C, Springer A, Eisenberg T, Schaper S, Nava S, Dobler G, Fernandes Martins T (2024) Parasitol Res 123, 120 (2024). doi.org/10.1007/s00436-024-08144-x |
The Emergence and Dynamics of Tick-Borne Encephalitis Virus in a New Endemic Region in Southern Germany; Lang D, Chitimia-Dobler L, Bestehorn-Willmann M, Lindau A, Drehmann M, Stroppel G, Hengge H, Mackenstedt U, Kaier K, Dobler G, Borde J (2022) . Microorganisms, 10, 2125. https://doi.org/10.3390/microorganisms10112125 |
Update and prognosis of Dermacentor distribution in Germany: Nationwide occurrence of Dermacentor reticulatus; Springer A, Lindau A, Probst J, Drehmann M, Fachet K, Thoma D, Rose Vineer H, Noll M, Dobler G, Mackenstedt U and Strube C (2022) Front. Vet. Sci. 9:1044597. doi: 10.3389/fvets.2022.1044597 |
Tick-Borne Encephalitis Vaccination Protects from Alimentary TBE Infection: Results from an Alimentary Outbreak; Chitimia-Dobler, L.; Lindau, A.; Oehme, R.; Bestehorn-Willmann, M.; Antwerpen, M.; Drehmann, M.; Hierl, T.; Mackenstedt, U.; Dobler, G. (2021) Microorganisms , 9, 889. doi.org/10.3390/microorganisms9050889 |
Tick-Borne Encephalitis Vaccination Protects from Alimentary TBE Infection: Results from an Alimentary Outbreak; Chitimia-Dobler, L.; Lindau, A.; Oehme, R.; Bestehorn-Willmann, M.; Antwerpen, M.; Drehmann, M.; Hierl, T.; Mackenstedt, U.; Dobler, G. (2021) . Microorganisms 2021, 9, 889. doi.org/10.3390/microorganisms9050889 |
The red fox (Vulpes vulpes) as sentinel for tick-borne encephalitis virus in endemic and non-endemic areas; Haut M, Girl B, Oswald B, Romig T, Obiegala A, Dobler G, Pfeffer M (2020) . Microorganisms 8, 1817 https://doi.org/10.3390/microorganisms8111817 |
Special distribution of alpha-gal in Ixodes ricinus- a histological study. Fischer J, Riel S, Fehrenbacher B, Frank A, Schaller M, Biedermann T, Hilger C, Mackenstedt U (2020) Ticks Tick Borne Dis, 11 (5) doi: 10.1016/j.ttbdis.2020.101506 |
A broad approach to screening of Metarhizium spp. blastospores for the control of Ixodes ricinus nymphs Lorenz, S.C., Humbert, P., Wassermann, M., Mackenstedt, U., Patel, A.V. (2020). Biological Control, Vol. 146, 104270. |
The Spatial Distribution of Dermacentor Ticks (Ixodidae) in Germany—Evidence of a Continuing Spread of Dermacentor reticulatus; Drehmann M, Springer A, Lindau A, Fachet K, Mai S, Thoma D, Schneider CR, Chitimia-Dobler L, Bröker M, Dobler G, Mackenstedt U, Strube C (2020) , Front Vet Sci 2020 doi: 10.3389/fvets.2020.578220 |
Ixodes frontalis: a neglected but ubiquitous tick species in Germany; Drehmann, M., Chitimia-Dobler, L., Lindau, A. et al. Exp Appl Acarol (2019);; 78: 79. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10493-019-00375-3 |
Genetic analysis of Rhipicephalus sanguineus sensu lato ticks, parasites of dogs in the Canary Islands, Cyprus, and Croatia, based on mitochondrial 16S rRNA gene sequences; Chitimia-Dobler L, Kurzrock L, Molcanyi T, Rieß R, Mackenstedt U, Nava S (2019) Parasitol Res 2019: 1067-1071, Doi: 10.1007/s00436-019-06214-z |
Transmission / Natural cycle; Chitimia-Dobler L, Mackenstedt U, Kahl O, Petney T N (2019), In Dobler G, Erber W, Bröker M, Schmitt H-J, The TBE Book, 62-86, Global Health Press Pte Ltd, Singapore |
TBE by Country - Country data - Germany. In The TBE Book; Dobler G, Mackenstedt U (2019), 292-296, Global Health Press Pte Ltd, Singapore |
Repeated isolation of tick‑borne encephalitis virus from adult Dermacentor reticulatus ticks in an endemic area in Germany; Chitimia‑Dobler L, Lemhöfer G, Król N, Bestehorn B, Dobler G, Pfeffer M. (2019) , Parasites Vectors 12:90 doi.org/10.1186/s13071‑019‑3346 |
In Vivo Characterization of Tick-Borne Encephalitis Virus in Bank Voles (Myodes glareolus); Michelitsch A, Tews B A, Klaus C, Bestehorn-Willmann M, Dobler G, Beer M, Wernike K. (2019) . In Viruses 11, 1069 doi:10.3390/v11111069 |
First Isolation and Phylogenetic Analyses of Tick-Borne Encephalitis Virus in Lower Saxony, Germany; Boelke M, Bestehorn M, Marchwald B, Kubinski M, Liebig K, Glanz J, Schulz C, Dobler G, Monazahian M, Becker S C. (2019) . In Viruses 2019, 11, 462; doi:10.3390/v11050462 |
Phylogenetic characterization of tick-borne encephalitis virus from Bornholm, Denmark; Andersen N S, Bestehorn M, Chitimia-Dobler L, Kolmo H J, Jensen P, Dobler G, Skarphédinssonag S. (2019) . In Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases, Volume 10, Issue 3, Pages 533-539, doi.org/10.1016/j.ttbdis.2018.12.008 |
Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever virus in Hyalomma impeltatum ticks from North Kordofan, the Sudan; Chitimia-Dobler L, Issa M H, Ezalden M E, Yagoub I A, Abdalla M A, Bakhiet A O, Schaper S, Rieß R, Vollmar P, Grumbach A, Bestehorn M, Antwerpen M, Dobler G, Shuaib Y H. (2019) In International Journal of Infectious Diseases Volume 89, Pages 81-83. doi.org/10.1016/j.ijid.2019.09.012 |
Imported Hyalomma ticks in Germany in 2018; Chitimia-Dobler L, Schaper S, Rieß R, Bitterwolf K, Frangoulidis D, Bestehorn M, Springer A, Oehme R, Drehmann M, Lindau A, Mackenstedt U, Strube C, Dobler G . Parasites Vectors 12, 134 (2019) doi:10.1186/s13071-019-3380-4 |
Phylogenetics of tick-borne encephalitis virus in endemic foci in the upper Rhine region in France and Germany; Bestehorn M, Weigold S, Kern WV, Chitimia-Dobler L, Mackenstedt U, Dobler G, Borde JP (2018). , PLOS One 13(10):e0204790. Doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0204790 |
A cluster of two human cases of tick-borne encephalitis (TBE) transmitted by unpasteurised goat milk and cheese in Germany, May 2016; Brockmann SO, Oehme R, Buckenmaier T, Beer M, Jeffery-Smith A, Spannenkrebs M, Haag-Milz S, Wagner-Wiening C, Schlegel C , Fritz J, Zange S, Bestehorn M, Lindau A, Hoffmann D, Tiberi S, Mackenstedt U, Dobler G (2016) . Euro Surveill. 2018; 23(15):pii=17-00336. doi.org/10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2018.23.15.17-00336 |
Biological control of Ixodes ricinus larvae and nymphs with Metarhizium anisopliae blastospores. Wassermann M, Selzer P, Steidle JLM, Mackenstedt U (2016) Tick and Tick Borne Diseases, Vol.7. pp. 768-771. |