Ixodid ticks in Bosnia and Herzegovina

Omeragić, Jasmin

doi:10.1007/s10493-010-9402-8

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“…The impact of global climate change, human activities, including land management, habitat destruction and control strategies that rely on the use of pesticides, might be responsible for a change in tick biology and possibly contribute to the rapid annual rise in the tick population (Heyman et al, 2010;Omeragic, 2011;Santos-Silva et al, 2011). The results of this study indicate that in Portugal, R. bursa can be found on hosts such as cattle, smaller ruminants, such as sheep and goats, horses, and occasionally dogs.…”

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Detection and phylogenetic characterization of Theileria spp. and Anaplasma marginale in Rhipicephalus bursa in Portugal

Ferrolho

Antunes

Santos

et al. 2016

Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases

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a b s t r a c tTicks are obligatory blood-sucking arthropod (Acari:Ixodida) ectoparasites of domestic and wild animals as well as humans. The incidence of tick-borne diseases is rising worldwide, challenging our approach toward diagnosis, treatment and control options. Rhipicephalus bursa Canestrini and Fanzago, 1877, a two-host tick widely distributed in the Palearctic Mediterranean region, is considered a multi-host tick that can be commonly found on sheep, goats and cattle, and occasionally on horses, dogs, deer and humans. R. bursa is a species involved in the transmission of several tick-borne pathogens with a known impact on animal health and production. The aim of this study was to estimate R. bursa prevalence in Portugal Mainland and circulating pathogens in order to contribute to a better knowledge of the impact of this tick species. Anaplasma marginale and Theileria spp. were detected and classified using phylogenetic analysis. This is the first report of Theileria annulata and Theileria equi detection in R. bursa ticks feeding on cattle and horses, respectively, in Portugal. This study contributes toward the identification of currently circulating pathogens in this tick species as a prerequisite for developing future effective anti-tick control measures.

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Detection and phylogenetic characterization of Theileria spp. and Anaplasma marginale in Rhipicephalus bursa in Portugal

Ferrolho

Antunes

Santos

et al. 2016

Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases

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“…H. m. rufipes is the most widespread species of the genus in Africa, but decades-old data attest to its occurrence along the northern latitude of Hungary in east Europe (including Russia: Caspian Sea region, Ukraine: Black Sea region), and to the south in Balkan countries such as Romania, Serbia, Bosnia-Herzegovina and Macedonia [6-8]. The most likely scenario for H. m. rufipes found on occasions in any part of Europe is importation of immature stages by migratory birds, arriving during the spring from the south [7].…”

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First report of adult Hyalomma marginatum rufipes (vector of Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever virus) on cattle under a continental climate in Hungary

Hornok

Horváth

2012

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BackgroundSouth Hungary is being monitored for the northward spreading of thermophilic ixodid species, therefore ticks were collected from cattle and wild ruminants (red, fallow and roe deer) in the autumn of 2011.FindingsBesides indigenous species (1185 Dermacentor reticulatus and 976 Ixodes ricinus), two Hyalomma marginatum rufipes males were found on two cows, in September eight days apart.ConclusionsThis is the northernmost autochthonous infestation of the type host (cattle) with H. m. rufipes, vector of Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever virus. The present findings are suggestive of the moulting success of this Afro-Mediterranean tick species in a continental climate in Central Europe.

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“…This observation appears to be consistent with the geographic distribution of the two taxa, since H. m. marginatum is fully expected in the European and Italian tick fauna, whereas H. m. rufipes is reported as the most widespread species of the genus in Africa. However, it has to be considered that, in the last decades, the presence of this species has been reported along the northern latitude of Hungary in central-eastern Europe and to southern Europe in Balkan countries (Feider et al 1965, Omeragic 2011. Such species composition, including also Amblyomma spp.…”

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Detection of Microbial Agents in Ticks Collected from Migratory Birds in Central Italy

TomaLuciano

Mancini

Luca

et al. 2014

Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases

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Tick species characterization and molecular studies were performed within ornithological surveys conducted during 2010 and 2011 in the Lazio Region of central Italy. A total of 137 ticks were collected from 41 migratory birds belonging to 17 species (four partial migrants and 13 long-distance migrants). Most ticks were nymphs, with a predominance of Hyalomma marginatum marginatum and H. m. rufipes, and a small portion of Ixodes and Amblyomma species. All tick species analyzed were infected, and the molecular pathogen recognition revealed the presence of Rickettsia aeschlimannii, Rickettsia africae, Erlichia spp., Coxiella burnetii, Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato group, and Babesia microti, whereas no genomic DNA of Bartonella spp. or Francisella tularensis was detected. The results of the survey show that H. marginatum ticks appear to be a vector of microbial agents that may affect human and animal health and that migratory birds may be an important carrier of these ticks. Additional studies are needed to better investigate the role of migratory birds in the epidemiology of these pathogens.

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Ixodid ticks in Bosnia and Herzegovina

Cited by 32 publications

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Detection and phylogenetic characterization of Theileria spp. and Anaplasma marginale in Rhipicephalus bursa in Portugal

Detection and phylogenetic characterization of Theileria spp. and Anaplasma marginale in Rhipicephalus bursa in Portugal

First report of adult Hyalomma marginatum rufipes (vector of Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever virus) on cattle under a continental climate in Hungary

Detection of Microbial Agents in Ticks Collected from Migratory Birds in Central Italy

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