Publications by authors named "Monika Wetscher"
Article Synopsis
- - The province of Tyrol in Austria has a high prevalence of alveolar echinococcosis (AE) linked to the fox tapeworm, with a rise in human cases connected to increasing fox populations.
- - A study in 2015-2016 tested 813 active hunters for AE antibodies, finding a low infection rate, indicating that hunters have a similar infection risk as non-hunters.
- - Despite the low infection rates in hunters, the increase in AE cases in Austria is still unexplained, leaving the epidemiological factors unclear.
The abundance of questing ticks depends on various factors. In this study, the impact of a major flood event on tick abundance and activity was observed. Ticks were collected on a weekly basis in two approximately 2 km large floodplain areas on the inner and the outer bank of the river Danube north of Vienna, Austria.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFA large majority of Austrian citizens are aware of tick-borne encephalitis (TBE), consequently reflected by a high vaccination rate of 85%. In return, risk assessment and disease mapping on human cases might be hampered due to high and inhomogeneous vaccination rates and travel habitats of humans. The roe deer was used to obtain a starting point for the integral view on the actual risk of TBE in Austria.
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