Official project name:

Ticks and tick-borne infectious diseases in the conditions of South Bohemia nad Bavaria

Klíšťata a jimi přenášená infekční onemocnění v podmínkách Jihočeského kraje a Bavorska

Zecken und Zecken-übertragene Infektionskrankheiten in Südböhmen und Bayern

Duration of the project:

1.5.2009 - 30.9.2011

Leading partner

University of South Bohemia (Faculty of Science)

Project partner

Ludwig-Maximilian University (Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Institute of Comparative Tropical Medicine and Parasitology)

Financing

European regional development fund of the European Union

The Region of South Bohemia

The State of Bavaria

Aims of the project

1. geographical mapping of tick activity and tick-borne pathogens (Tick-borne encephalitis virus, Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato spirochets)

2. 2.characterisation of genetic variability of tick-borne pathogens
   

3. 3.identification of main factors determining the distribution of ticks and tick-borne pathogens
   

4. prediction models of probability of tick attack and tick-borne disease infection risk in space and time

5. presentation of the results to public health institutions and general public