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The objectives of this study were to conduct (1) a georeferenced field study on the occurrence of D. reticulatus with digital habitat characterization and (2) a PCR analysis of D. reticulatus collected in Bavaria for infection with B. canis. Dermacentor reticulatus were collected by flagging at 60 sites specifically selected according to habitat conditions and screened individually for Babesia DNA. A digital habitat characterization for D. reticulatus was performed according to results of the field analysis including the parameters land use, proximity to water, \u201cpotential natural vegetation\u201d, red deer corridors and climate data. Altogether, 339 D. reticulatus ticks (214 females and 125 males) were collected between 2010 and 2013 at 12 out of 60 sampling sites. All 12 sites were characterized by high humidity with marshy areas. Babesia canis DNA was detected in 1 out of 301 (0.3%) questing D. reticulatus in Bavaria. The digital habitat characterization revealed 15 forest areas in Bavaria with similar ecological characteristics as the sites positive for D. reticulatus.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/pathogens9070541","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2020,7,7]],"date-time":"2020-07-07T03:13:51Z","timestamp":1594091631000},"page":"541","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":22,"title":["Dermacentor reticulatus and Babesia canis in Bavaria (Germany)\u2014A Georeferenced Field Study with Digital Habitat Characterization"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"9","author":[{"given":"Cornelia","family":"Silaghi","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Comparative Tropical Medicine and Parasitology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universit\u00e4t M\u00fcnchen, 80802 Munich, Germany"},{"name":"Institute of Infectology, Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut, Greifswald Isle of Riems, 17493 Greifswald, Germany"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Lisa","family":"Weis","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Comparative Tropical Medicine and Parasitology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universit\u00e4t M\u00fcnchen, 80802 Munich, Germany"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Kurt","family":"Pfister","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Comparative Tropical Medicine and Parasitology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universit\u00e4t M\u00fcnchen, 80802 Munich, Germany"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2020,7,7]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","first-page":"284","article-title":"Die Babesiose des Hundes. eine autochtone Erkrankung in Deutschland","volume":"55","author":"Barutzki","year":"2007","journal-title":"Dtsch. 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