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Keywords: medical acarology, the different epidemiological zones in Europe, tick species: Dermacentor marginatus, Haemaphysalis punctata, Ixodes Ricinus, Rhipicephalus sanguineus, R. bursa, Hyalomma marginatum, H. anatolicum, ecology and distribution of Q-fever rickettsiae in Germany, Coxiella burnetiid and its insect vector D. marginatus, map showing endemic region in Germany, life cycle of the tick and disease reservoir.