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Georg Gerhard Duscher is affiliated with the University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna in Austria. Their research contributions predominantly focus on infectious diseases, immunology, microbiology, and agricultural and biological sciences.

Their work spans several key subfields including infectious diseases, parasitology, insect science, ecology, and evolutionary biology. Duscher's research topics prominently feature viral infections and vectors, vector-borne infectious diseases, vector-borne animal diseases, plague and ectoparasites research, parasite biology and host interactions, parasitic diseases research and treatment, and parasitic infections and diagnostics.

The scientist has published extensively in notable venues, with frequent contributions to:

  • Parasites & Vectors
  • Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases
  • Microorganisms
  • Emerging infectious diseases
  • Parasitology Research

Among recent publications, Duscher is associated with papers such as:

  • "Diversity of Hepatozoon species in wild mammals and ticks in Europe," 2023, Parasites & Vectors
  • "Molecular pathogen screening of louse flies (Diptera: Hippoboscidae) from domestic and wild ruminants in Austria," 2023, Parasites & Vectors
  • "Molecular survey of tick-borne pathogens reveals a high prevalence and low genetic variability of Hepatozoon canis in free-ranging grey wolves (Canis lupus) in Germany," 2020, Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases
  • "Zoonotic Pathogens in Ticks from Migratory Birds, Italy," 2020, Emerging infectious diseases
  • "Current trends in canine dirofilariosis in Austria-do we face a pre-endemic status?" 2020, Parasitology Research

They collaborate frequently with several researchers, including:

  • Adnan Hodžić
  • Hans-Peter Fuehrer
  • Mike Heddergott
  • Peter Hufnagl
  • Hein Sprong

Best Publications

  • A molecular survey of vector-borne pathogens in red foxes (Vulpes vulpes) from Bosnia and Herzegovina

    Adnan Hodžić;Amer Alić;Hans-Peter Fuehrer;Josef Harl

  • Wildlife reservoirs for vector-borne canine, feline and zoonotic infections in Austria

    Georg G. Duscher;Michael Leschnik;Hans Peter Fuehrer;Anja Joachim

  • Environmental and Molecular Drivers of the α-Gal Syndrome

    Alejandro Cabezas-Cruz;Adnan Hodžić;Patricia Román-Carrasco;Lourdes Mateos-Hernández

  • Dirofilaria in Humans, Dogs, and Vectors in Austria (1978-2014)-From Imported Pathogens to the Endemicity of Dirofilaria repens.

    Hans-Peter Fuehrer;Herbert Auer;Michael Leschnik;Katja Silbermayr

  • Genetic diversity of the cestode Echinococcus multilocularis in red foxes at a continental scale in Europe.

    Jenny Knapp;Jean-Mathieu Bart;Patrick Giraudoux;Marie-Louise Glowatzki

  • Contributions to the phylogeny of Ixodes (Pholeoixodes) canisuga, I. (Ph.) kaiseri, I. (Ph.) hexagonus and a simple pictorial key for the identification of their females

    Sándor Hornok;Attila D. Sándor;Relja Beck;Róbert Farkas

  • Hepatozoon silvestris sp. nov.: morphological and molecular characterization of a new species of Hepatozoon (Adeleorina: Hepatozoidae) from the European wild cat (Felis silvestris silvestris)

    Adnan Hodžić;Amer Alić;Senad Prašović;Domenico Otranto

  • Seasonal and spatial distribution of ixodid tick species feeding on naturally infested dogs from Eastern Austria and the influence of acaricides/repellents on these parameters

    Georg G Duscher;Andrea Feiler;Michael Leschnik;Anja Joachim

  • Fifth European Dirofilaria and Angiostrongylus Days (FiEDAD) 2016

    F. Simón;V. Kartashev;J. González-Miguel;A. Rivera

  • Ticks and haemoparasites of dogs from Praia, Cape Verde.

    S. Götsch;M. Leschnik;G. Duscher;J.P. Burgstaller

  • Neglected vector-borne zoonoses in Europe: Into the wild.

    Laura Tomassone;Eduardo Berriatua;Rita De Sousa;Gerhard Georg Duscher

  • Fox on the run--molecular surveillance of fox blood and tissue for the occurrence of tick-borne pathogens in Austria.

    Georg Gerhard Duscher;Hans-Peter Fuehrer;Anna Kübber-Heiss

  • The raccoon dog (Nyctereutes procyonoides) and the raccoon (Procyon lotor)—their role and impact of maintaining and transmitting zoonotic diseases in Austria, Central Europe

    Tanja Duscher;Adnan Hodžić;Walter Glawischnig;Georg G. Duscher

  • Fasciola hepatica - monitoring the milky way? The use of tank milk for liver fluke monitoring in dairy herds as base for treatment strategies.

    Ruth Duscher;Georg Duscher;Johannes Hofer;Alexander Tichy

  • Detection of Dirofilaria in Austrian dogs

    Georg Duscher;Andrea Feiler;Walpurga Wille-Piazzai;Tamás Bakonyi

  • Occurrence and diversity of arthropod-transmitted pathogens in red foxes (Vulpes vulpes) in western Austria, and possible vertical (transplacental) transmission of Hepatozoon canis.

    Adnan Hodžić;Naike Mrowietz;Rita Cézanne;Pia Bruckschwaiger

  • Echinococcus multilocularis in Austrian foxes from 1991 until 2004.

    G. Duscher;D. Pleydell;H. Prosl;A. Joachim

  • Eurasian golden jackal as host of canine vector-borne protists

    Barbora Mitková;Kristýna Hrazdilová;Gianluca D’Amico;Georg Gerhard Duscher

  • Screening blood-fed mosquitoes for the diagnosis of filarioid helminths and avian malaria.

    Carina Zittra;Zsanett Kocziha;Szilárd Pinnyei;Josef Harl

  • High diversity of blood-associated parasites and bacteria in European wild cats in Bosnia and Herzegovina: A molecular study.

    Adnan Hodžić;Amer Alić;Georg Gerhard Duscher

  • Autochthonous Dirofilaria repens in Austria

    Katja Silbermayr;Barbara Eigner;Anja Joachim;Georg G Duscher

  • Adult Hyalomma marginatum tick positive for Rickettsia aeschlimannii in Austria, October 2018.

    Georg Gerhard Duscher;Adnan Hodžić;Peter Hufnagl;Walpurga Wille-Piazzai

  • A golden jackal (Canis aureus) from Austria bearing Hepatozoon canis--import due to immigration into a non-endemic area?

    Georg Gerhard Duscher;Anna Kübber-Heiss;Barbara Richter;Franz Suchentrunk

  • Red fox (Vulpes vulpes) as a potential reservoir host of cardiorespiratory parasites in Bosnia and Herzegovina

    Adnan Hodžić;Amer Alić;Ismar Klebić;Mirsad Kadrić

Frequent Co-Authors

Anja Joachim
Anja Joachim University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna
Hans-Peter Fuehrer
Hans-Peter Fuehrer University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna
José de la Fuente
José de la Fuente University of Castilla-La Mancha
David Modrý
David Modrý University of Veterinary and Pharmaceutical Sciences
Jan Votýpka
Jan Votýpka Charles University
Domenico Otranto
Domenico Otranto University of Bari Aldo Moro
Călin Mircea Gherman
Călin Mircea Gherman University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine Cluj-Napoca
Gianluca D’Amico
Gianluca D’Amico University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine of Cluj-Napoca
Cornelia Silaghi
Cornelia Silaghi Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut
Andrei Daniel Mihalca
Andrei Daniel Mihalca University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine of Cluj-Napoca

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