Rubel, Franz https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0048-7379
Król, Nina https://orcid.org/0009-0006-8412-5530
Fischer, Susanne https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3116-123X
Silaghi, Cornelia
Kahl, Olaf https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1475-9846
Funding for this research was provided by:
University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna
Article History
Received: 23 April 2026
Accepted: 7 July 2026
First Online: 23 July 2026
Declarations
Competing interests: The authors declare no competing interests.
Conflicts of interest: The authors declare that they have no conflict of interest. OK is an unpaid member of the steering committee of ESGBOR (ESCMID Study Group for Lyme Borreliosis).
Supplements: The online version contains supplementary material (Table : First and latest findings of the 26 tick species mapped in Germany, Table , dataset of georeferenced tick locations) available at...