Schutz vor Infektionskrankheiten durch Zecken, Mücken und Nager

A strong increase in zoonoses can be observed worldwide. This is mainly due to globalization with worldwide travel, animal and goods transport, factory farming, the destruction of nature and the associated increased contact between humans and wild animals as well as increasing climate changes.

The Federal Ministry of the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety provides information about health dangers that ticks, rodents and mosquitoes can pose and how to protect yourself against them. The role of climate change and its effects on animals is discussed.