1. Vector-borne diseases and their control

   • Jutta Klasen
   • Birgit Habedank

   Editorial 23 November 2008 Pages: 1 - 2

2. Short communication on regional climate change scenarios and their possible use for impact studies on vector-borne diseases

   • Daniela Jacob

   Vector borne-diseases and influencing factors Open access 23 November 2008 Pages: 3 - 6

   

3. Postglacial formation and fluctuations of the biodiversity of Central Europe in the light of climate change

   • Horst Aspöck

   Vector borne-diseases and influencing factors 23 November 2008 Pages: 7 - 10

   

4. Surveillance of vector-borne diseases in Germany: trends and challenges in the view of disease emergence and climate change

   • Andreas Jansen
   • Christina Frank
   • Klaus Stark

   Vector borne-diseases and influencing factors 23 November 2008 Pages: 11 - 17

   

5. Influence of climate change on mosquito development and mosquito-borne diseases in Europe

   • Norbert Becker

   Original Paper 23 November 2008 Pages: 19 - 28

   

6. Mosquito-borne viruses in Europe

   • Zdenek Hubálek

   Mosquitoes 23 November 2008 Pages: 29 - 43

   

7. Epidemiology of West Nile infection in Volgograd, Russia, in relation to climate change and mosquito (Diptera: Culicidae) bionomics

   • Alexander E. Platonov
   • Marina V. Fedorova
   • Vitaly I. Zhuravlev

   Mosquitoes 23 November 2008 Pages: 45 - 53

   

8. Spatial modelling of the potential temperature-dependent transmission of vector-associated diseases in the face of climate change: main results and recommendations from a pilot study in Lower Saxony (Germany)

   • Winfried Schröder
   • Gunther Schmidt

   Mosquitoes 23 November 2008 Pages: 55 - 63

9. Sandflies and leishmaniasis in Germany

   • T. J. Naucke
   • B. Menn
   • S. Lorentz

   Sand flies 23 November 2008 Pages: 65 - 68

   

10. Bluetongue in Europe: vectors, epidemiology and climate change

    • Anthony Wilson
    • Philip Mellor

    Biting midges 23 November 2008 Pages: 69 - 77

    

11. Outbreak of bluetongue disease (BTD) in Germany and the danger for Europe

    • Heinz Mehlhorn
    • Volker Walldorf
    • Günter Schmahl

    Arthropods 23 November 2008 Pages: 79 - 86

    

12. Climate, niche, ticks, and models: what they are and how we should interpret them

    • Agustín Estrada-Peña

    Ticks 23 November 2008 Pages: 87 - 95

    

13. Correlation between meteorological factors and tick-borne encephalitis incidence in the Czech Republic

    • M. Daniel
    • B. Kříž
    • I. Kott

    Ticks 23 November 2008 Pages: 97 - 107

    

14. Spread of ticks and tick-borne diseases in Germany due to global warming

    • Kathrin Hartelt
    • Silvia Pluta
    • Peter Kimmig

    Ticks 23 November 2008 Pages: 109 - 116

    

15. Epidemiological situation of Lyme borreliosis in Germany: Surveillance data from six Eastern German States, 2002 to 2006

    • Balazs Fülöp
    • Gabriele Poggensee

    Ticks 23 November 2008 Pages: 117 - 120

    

16. Network “Rodent-borne pathogens” in Germany: longitudinal studies on the geographical distribution and prevalence of hantavirus infections

    • R. G. Ulrich
    • J. Schmidt-Chanasit
    • S. S. Essbauer

    Rodents 23 November 2008 Pages: 121 - 129

    

17. Emergence of hantavirus in South Germany: rodents, climate and human infections

    • Isolde Piechotowski
    • S. O. Brockmann
    • G. Pfaff

    Rodents 23 November 2008 Pages: 131 - 137

    

18. Climate change and adaptation needs

    • Petra Mahrenholz

    Surveillance of vectors and vector-borne diseases: Programs, concerted Actions, Networks 23 November 2008 Pages: 139 - 146

    

19. Abstracts

    Abstracts 23 November 2008 Pages: 147 - 159