We are excited to have a publication, “Zoonotic Tick-Borne Pathogens in Ixodes ricinus Complex (Acari: Ixodidae) From Urban and Peri-Urban Areas of Kosovo“, with our cooperation partners at Molecular Parasitology of the institute for specific prophylaxis and tropical medicine, center for pathophysiology, infectiology and immunology at the Medical University of Vienna.
In this paper, ticks collected in Kosovo were screened for tick-borne pathogen DNA. We found nine different pathogens in a total of 33.5% of the ticks:
