National tick surveillance in Austria for the detection of tick-borne pathogens 2025 - Project OH SURVector

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11 May 2026
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Description

SURVector: One Health surveillance and Vector monitoring for cross-border pathogens. Ticks and mosquitoes can transmit infectious diseases as vectors. In the SURVector project, we are setting up a nationwide mosquito and tick monitoring system. The aim of the project is to establish a one-health surveillance system for emerging pathogens, in which mosquitoes and ticks are collected and analysed for relevant pathogens. In this dataset we present the data on the tick monitoring part of this project from 2024. We have released this dataset to the public domain under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial 4.0 International (CC-BY-NC-4.0) license. We would appreciate it if you cite the provided DOI when using the data. If you have any questions regarding this dataset, don't hesitate to contact us via the contact information provided in the metadata. Funding: EU4Health Work Program CP-g-22-04.01 (HaDEA)Project duration: January 2024 – December 2026 (36 months)

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Keywords

One Health; vector; ticks; Borrelia; Austria

Contacts

Anna-Margarita Schoetta
  • Metadata Provider ●
  • Originator ●
  • Point Of Contact
  • Scientific Employee
AGES - Austrian Agency for Health and Food Safety
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Geographic Coverage

Austria

Bounding Coordinates South West [46.37, 9.53], North East [49.02, 17.162]

Taxonomic Coverage

Ixodida

Order Ixodida (Tick)

Project Data

No Description available

Title One Health Surveillance and Vector Monitoring for cross-border pathogens
Identifier (HADEA) Project 101132974 — OH SURVector

The personnel involved in the project:

Anna-Margarita Schoetta
  • Originator

Sampling Methods

Ticks were obtained from citizen scientists who were invited to submit ticks to the Austrian Agency for Health and Food Safety for research purposes. All ticks discovered in Austria were accepted regardless of whether they were collected from vegetation or hosts, provided that the date, location, and host information was available.

Study Extent In 2025 ticks were sampled by citizen scientists from all over Austria.

Method step description:

  1. 1. Researchers from AGES defined the appropriate sampling protocol for the target species.
  2. 2. Fieldwork was planned by AGES as a citizen science project.
  3. 3. Data was collected in the field by citizen scientists.
  4. 4. Specimens were identified by experts at AGES.
  5. 5. The collected data was entered into an Excel database.
  6. 6. The data was verified and manually corrected by experts if necessary.
  7. 7. The data was converted to the Darwin Core Standard in accordance with Vecotornet specifications.
  8. 8. The data was checked again by experts at AGES and sent to Vectornet for validation.
  9. 9. The dataset is published and registered with GBIF.
  10. Quality control: Data are collected using a predefined sampling protocol and checked by professionals

Additional Metadata

Acknowledgements
Alternative Identifiers https://ipt.gbif.org/resource?r=austriaticks2025