Blood-feeding arthropods such as mosquitoes and ticks receive increasing attention due to their ability to transmit a range of pathogens, including nematodes, protozoa, bacteria and viruses. Climate change and travel may contribute to the spread of vectors (and the pathogens they carry) to previously free areas. Surveillance of the current status and changes that may occur over the years are investigated in this research focus, as is the basic biology of vectors.

Projects

Global Change and invasive mosquitoes as infectious disease risks in Europe (FWF I-1437)

Ticks and tick-borne diseases