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  • Title: [Epidemiology of emerging and resurging vector-borne diseases with special attention to climate change in Germany (review)].
    Author: Schwaiger K, Bauer J.
    Journal: Berl Munch Tierarztl Wochenschr; 2009; 122(5-6):141-60. PubMed ID: 19517928.
    Abstract:
    Vector-borne diseases gained importance in Germany during the past years. Borreliosis and tick-borne encephalitis are already well-known infectious diseases, transmitted by Ixodes ricinus. But reports on severe diseases, formerly only known as so-called "travel sickness" from tropical countries, markedly increased in the recent years. Several climate models predict a global warming of 1.4 degrees C up to 5.8 degrees C until the year 2100, and as climate-typical temperature barriers restrict the distribution of the vectors, especially arthropod-borne diseases are strongly influenced by the climate. Due to the growing clinical importance, the present state of information concerning the epidemiological situation of all known vector-borne diseases in Germany is summarized in this review.
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