Surveillance of tick-borne pathogens in ticks collected from Swiss residents
Ehsan Ghasemian, Bastian Marquis, Florian Tagini, Sébastien Aeby, Werner Tischhauser, Reto Lienhard, Christian Beuret, Virginie Martin, Silvan Hälg, Pie Müller, Antony Croxatto, Onya Opota, Gilbert Greub · 2026
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Description
Ehsan Ghasemian and a large team track germs carried by ticks taken off people in Switzerland. Their paper is from two thousand twenty-six. Tick-borne ills are a rising health threat as ticks spread to new zones and stay active for more of the year. A citizen app helped gather ticks and bite reports from all over the land.
About a third of the ticks held at least one germ. Two germ groups were by far the most common. Mixed infections showed in a small share, most of them pairs. Infection rose with tick age, from larvae to adults, as ticks gain germs at each blood meal. Germs were found in most districts, and bites peaked in late spring.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Ehsan Ghasemian, Bastian Marquis, Florian Tagini, Sébastien Aeby, Werner Tischhauser, Reto Lienhard, Christian Beuret, Virginie Martin, Silvan Hälg, Pie Müller, Antony Croxatto, Onya Opota, Gilbert Greub |
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| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 51 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |