Overview
- Reports cite record tick numbers this year in Germany, with notified FSME cases said to be roughly ten times higher than last year.
- The Robert Koch Institute continues to register several dozen Hyalomma finds annually, a large hunting tick that can carry Crimean–Congo hemorrhagic fever virus and rickettsiae.
- Expanding vectors include the meadow tick Dermacentor reticulatus and the brown dog tick Rhipicephalus spp., linked to Rickettsia, Babesia and Ehrlichia infections.
- Researchers have detected Alongshan virus in ticks in Bavaria and Brandenburg, highlighting additional agents under surveillance.
- Health bodies urge quick removal with proper tools, advise against home remedies such as oil or nail polish, and recommend FSME vaccination in defined risk areas.