15-YEAR BORRELIA PREVALENCE AND SPECIES DISTRIBUTION MONITORING IN IXODES RICINUS/INOPINATUS POPULATIONS IN THE CITY OF HANOVER, GERMANY

Lyme borreliosis, caused by Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato (s.l.) spirochaetes, is the most common tick-borne disease (TBD) in the Northern Hemisphere.Rising incidences indicate that its epidemiology may be affected by global changes.Therefore, the current study aimed to assess changes in tick infection rates with Borrelia spp.over a 15-year monit

Recognition plays a key role in the social lives of gregarious species, enabling animals to distinguish among social partners and tailor their behaviour accordingly.As domesticated animals regularly interact with humans, as well as members of their own species, we might expect mechanisms used to discriminate between conspecifics to also apply to hu