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Olaf Kahl
Researcher at Free University of Berlin
Publications - 76
Citations - 3264
Olaf Kahl is an academic researcher from Free University of Berlin. The author has contributed to research in topics: Ixodes ricinus & Tick. The author has an hindex of 28, co-authored 66 publications receiving 2688 citations. Previous affiliations of Olaf Kahl include Humboldt University of Berlin.
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Effects of climate change on ticks and tick-borne diseases in europe.
TL;DR: Data on the vector tick Ixodes ricinus suggest that an extension of its northern and altitude range has been accompanied by an increased prevalence of tick-borne encephalitis, and climate change may also be partly responsible for the change in distribution of Dermacentor reticulatus.
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European reservoir hosts of Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato.
Lise Gern,Agustín Estrada-Peña,F. Frandsen,J.S. Gray,Thomas G. T. Jaenson,Frans Jongejan,Olaf Kahl,E. Korenberg,Reidar Mehl,Patricia A. Nuttall +9 more
TL;DR: Nine small mammals, 7 medium-sized mammals and 16 bird species appear to be capable of transmitting spirochaetes to ticks and thus of participating in the natural circulation of B. burgdorferi s.l. in Europe.
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Geographical distribution of Dermacentor marginatus and Dermacentor reticulatus in Europe
Franz Rubel,Katharina Brugger,Martin Pfeffer,Lidia Chitimia-Dobler,Yuliya M. Didyk,Sandra Leverenz,Hans Dautel,Olaf Kahl +7 more
TL;DR: The goal of this paper is to present up-to-date maps depicting the geographical distribution of Dermacentor species in Europe based on georeferenced sampling sites, resulting in 1286 D. marginatus (Sulzer, 1776) and D. reticulatus (Fabricius, 1794) locations.
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Research on the ecology of ticks and tick-borne pathogens--methodological principles and caveats.
TL;DR: This review focuses on the ecological features driving the life cycle of ticks and the resulting effects on the eco-epidemiology of tick-transmitted pathogens, and proposes unambiguous definitions of the status of hosts and ticks regarding their ability to maintain and spread a given pathogen.
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Risk of infection with Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato for a host in relation to the duration of nymphal Ixodes ricinus feeding and the method of tick removal
TL;DR: There is no evidence from this study that the tick removal method used has any significant influence on a host's Bb-infection risk.