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Cunze, S., G. Glock, and S. Klimpel. 2021. Spatial and temporal distribution patterns of tick-borne diseases (Tick-borne Encephalitis and Lyme Borreliosis) in Germany. PeerJ 9: e12422. https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.12422

Background In the face of ongoing climate warming, vector-borne diseases are expected to increase in Europe, including tick-borne diseases (TBD). The most abundant tick-borne diseases in Germany are Tick-Borne Encephalitis (TBE) and Lyme Borreliosis (LB), with Ixodes ricinus as the main vector. Meth…

Friedrich Wilhelm Justus Baedeker
Friedrich Wilhelm Justus Baedeker

February 05, 1788 – April 21, 1865

Germany

Turdidae

Collected Turdidae

Max Eduard Gottlieb Bartels

January 24, 1871 – April 07, 1934

Kingdom of the Netherlands

Scolopacidae

Collected Scolopacidae

Wilhelm August Heinrich Blasius
Wilhelm August Heinrich Blasius

July 05, 1845 – May 31, 1912

Duchy of Brunswick

Cricetidae

Collected Cricetidae

Rudolf Blasius
Rudolf Blasius

November 25, 1842 – September 21, 1907

Duchy of Brunswick

Accipitridae

Collected Accipitridae

Christian Ludwig Brehm
Christian Ludwig Brehm

January 24, 1787 – June 23, 1864

Duchy of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha; Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg

Fringillidae

Collected Fringillidae

Henry Kelso Coale

February 28, 1858 – September 13, 1926

Parulidae

Collected Parulidae and identified Parulidae

Collected Salamandridae and identified Dytiscidae

Collected Ichneumonidae and identified Ichneumonidae

Collected Cortinariaceae and identified Bankeraceae

Ernst Hartert
Ernst Hartert

October 29, 1859 – November 11, 1933

Germany

Alaudidae

Collected Alaudidae

Gerd Heinrich

November 07, 1896 – December 17, 1984

Germany; United States

Cisticolidae

Collected Cisticolidae and identified Ichneumonidae

Reinhold Hensel

September 01, 1826 – November 06, 1881

Germany

Muridae

Collected Muridae

Carl Hilgert

June 21, 1866 – January 17, 1940

German Reich

Alaudidae

Collected Alaudidae

Edward Richard Jacobson

March 20, 1870 – December 29, 1944

Staphylinidae

Collected Staphylinidae and identified Agaricaceae

Hans-Dietrich Kahlke

May 27, 1924 – January 30, 2017

German Democratic Republic

Cervidae

Collected Cervidae

James E. Keirans

April 04, 1935 – May 31, 2023

United States

Apidae

Collected Apidae and identified Ixodidae

Otto Kleinschmidt
Otto Kleinschmidt

December 13, 1870 – March 25, 1954

Germany

Paridae

Collected Paridae

Astrid Løken

April 14, 1911 – January 19, 2008

Norway

Apidae

Collected Apidae and identified Apidae

Collected Tenthredinidae and identified Tenthredinidae

Clinton Hart Merriam
Clinton Hart Merriam

December 05, 1855 – March 19, 1942

United States

Ericaceae

Collected Ericaceae and identified Parulidae

Erna Mohr

July 11, 1894 – September 10, 1968

Germany

Laelapidae

Collected Laelapidae and identified Zenarchopteridae

Gabriele Neuhäuser Scott

May 11, 1911 – June 25, 1998

Australia

Muridae

Collected Muridae

Günther Niethammer
Günther Niethammer

September 28, 1908 – January 14, 1974

Germany

Paridae

Collected Paridae

Wilhelm Schlüter

1828 – April 25, 1919

Accipitridae

Collected Accipitridae

Collected Colubridae and identified Bombinatoridae

Rudolf Tancré

December 24, 1842 – September 19, 1934

Fringillidae

Collected Fringillidae and identified Anatidae

Henry Augustus Ward
Henry Augustus Ward

March 09, 1834 – July 04, 1906

United States

Cercopithecidae

Collected Cercopithecidae and identified Bovidae

Klaus Zimmermann

July 07, 1894 – February 05, 1967

Germany

Apidae

Collected Apidae and identified Muridae