Southeast Asian ticks (Acari: Ixodida): a historical perspective

Petney, Trevor N.; Kolonin, G. V.; Robbins, Richard G.

doi:10.1007/s00436-007-0687-4

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“…Ticks are prevalent worldwide from Asia (Haque et al, 2011;Bilkis et al, 2011;Sajid et al, 2011;Razmi and Ramoon, 2012;Singh and Rath, 2013), Africa (Reye et al, 2012;Tiki and Mekonnen, 2011;Elghali and Hassan, 2012), North and South Americas (Guimaraes et al, 2001;Lohmeyer et al, 2011), Australia (Springell, 1974;Kamau, 2011) and Europe (Kirby et al, 2004;Scharlemann et al, 2008). Ticks not only cause direct losses, but also act as vectors for various pathogens of bacterial, rickettsial, protozoal, and viral origin (Petney et al, 2007). The direct production losses caused by ticks include loss of milk production, reduced weight gain (Peter et al, 2005;Sajid et al, 2007), low quality skins and hides (Jongejan and Uilenberg, 2004), and mortality (Niyonzema and Kiltz, 1986).…”

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Distribution and abundance of ticks infesting livestock population along Karakorum highway from Mansehra to Gilgit, Pakistan

Sajid

Iqbal

Shamim

et al. 2018

J Hellenic Vet Med Soc

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Ticks and tick-borne infections pose major economic threats to the livestock industry throughout the world. The present study reports the point prevalence of ticks in the free range livestock population of the plain and hilly areas of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (Mansehra, Haripur, Shangala, Kohistan), and Gilgit Baltistan (Diamer, Gilgit, Astor) along the Karakoram highway. Through convenient and snowball sampling techniques, a total of 813 animals, consisting of 232 sheep, 163 cattle, 365 goats and 53 buffaloes were screened for their tick burden. During the study, the two tick species identified were Hyalomma anatolicum and Rhipicephalus microplus. The overall prevalence of tick infestation among the screened livestock was 75.03%, with the highest distribution in sheep (81.47%) followed, in order, by cattle (77.91%), goats (72.05%) and buffalo (58.49%). The district-wise prevalence of ticks was the highest in Haripur (85.58), followed, in order, by Gilgit (83.10%), Mansehra (81.14%), Batagram (81.05%), Shangala (77.78%), Kohistan (75.38%), Diamer (72.28%) and Astor (32.22%). The prevalence of ticks was found to be higher (85.67%) in younger livestock than adults (66.44%), and in females (80.33%) than males (66.44%). The present study provides the first report of the tick distribution in higher altitudes of northern Pakistan and confirms the presence of Hyalomma and Rhipicephalus ticks in the plains, as well as the hilly geoclimates of Pakistan. Furthermore, the data on risk factors allows us to make recommendations to restructure the existing husbandry system of northern areas of Pakistan with the aim of reducing the tick burden on livestock.

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Distribution and abundance of ticks infesting livestock population along Karakorum highway from Mansehra to Gilgit, Pakistan

Sajid

Iqbal

Shamim

et al. 2018

J Hellenic Vet Med Soc

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“…Kene dağılımının ortaya konulması amacıyla, dünyanın hemen her bölgesinde, kene ile ilgili araştırmalar yapılmaktadır (4)(5)(6). Ancak kene dağılımını etkileyen faktörlere bağlı olarak kene dağılımında sık olarak değişiklikler meydana geldiği için bilgilerin araştırma programları ile düzenli olarak güncellenmesi gereklidir.…”

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Investigation of the Cases Presenting to Dokuz Eylül University Hospital with Tick Bites

Över¹,

İnceboz²,

Yapar³

et al. 2012

Turkiye Parazitol Derg

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ÖZETAmaç: Birçok önemli hastalığa vektörlük yapan kenelerin ve kene ile ısırılan olguların özelliklerinin ortaya konulması, bu hastalıkların önlenmesi açısından son derece önemlidir. Buradan yola çıkarak, bu çalışmada Dokuz Eylül Üniversitesi Hastanesi'ne kene ısırması ile başvuran kişilerin ve çıkarılan kenelerin önemli özelliklerinin belirlenmesi amaçlandı. ABSTRACT Objective: Determination of the properties of ticks, which are the vectors of many infectious diseases and the patients with tick bites are important for the prevention of these diseases. For tist reason, the purpose of this study is to determine the important properties of the cases presenting with tick bites to Dokuz Eylul University Hospital and of the removed ticks from the cases. Methods: Two hundred seventy three of 294 patients, who presented with tick bites to Dokuz Eylül University Hospital, Izmir, were included in the study. Demographic parameters, symptoms related to tick borne diseases of the patients and the species and other characteristics of ticks removed from humans, also the tick population in the related habitat were investigated. Results: Removed ticks were classified into five genera. The overwhelmingly dominant genera were Hyalomma and it comprised 52.4% of the collection. The majority of these ticks were nymphs. The majority (11.4%) of removed adult ticks were Rhipicephalus sanguineus (R. sanguineus).In most cases (60.7%) the ticks were removed from the patients by medical staff. Conclusion: There was no significant difference in removing ticks without damage between the health personnel and the patient or relatives (p=0.133). (Turkiye Parazitol Derg 2012; 36: 75-81)

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“…In this study, Haemaphysalis, the most species-rich tick genus in Southeast Asia (52 Haemaphysalis species are known from this region, over 30% of the world haemaphysalid fauna) (Petney et al, 2007), was the dominant genus found in the forests of the WMPA area. Among tick genera, Haemaphysalis is cited as an example of tick-host coevolution through the preservation of primitive (Aponomma-like) structures in some species, their manifestation of structural differences in each developmental stage, as well as structural differences between the sexes of individual species (Hoogstraal et al, 1985a).…”

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“…In Southeast Asia, taxonomically accurate information on tick species is limited, and the tick-borne diseases of this region remain poorly characterized. Historically, about 104 species of ticks, representing 12 genera, have been known to occur in Southeast Asia (Petney et al, 2007), with the recent addition of two new species of Dermacentor (Apanaskevich et al, 2015a, Apanaskevich et al, 2015b. The relationship between ticks and tickborne pathogens in the region is largely unknown, even though the presence of these pathogens has been recognized for many years and the number of new pathogens discovered in ticks has increased markedly (Yu et al, 2011, Kernif et al, 2012, Kho et al, 2015.…”

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<strong>First survey of the hard tick (Acari: Ixodidae) fauna of Nakai District, Khammouane Province, Laos, and an updated checklist of the ticks of Laos</strong>

Vongphayloth¹,

Brey²,

Robbins

et al. 2016

Systematic and Applied Acarology

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From 2012 to 2014, tick collections for tick and tick-borne pathogen surveillance were carried out in two areas of Nakai District, Khammouane Province, Laos: the Watershed Management and Protection Authority (WMPA) area and Phou Hin Poun National Protected Area (PHP NPA). Throughout Laos, ticks and tickassociated pathogens are poorly known. Fifteen thousand and seventy-three ticks representing larval (60.72%), nymphal (37.86%) and adult (1.42%) life stages were collected. Five genera comprising at least 11 species, including three suspected species that could not be readily determined, were identified from 215 adult specimens: Amblyomma testudinarium Koch (10; 4.65%), Dermacentor auratus Supino (17; 7.91%), D. steini (Schulze) (7; 3.26%), Haemaphysalis colasbelcouri (Santos Dias) (1; 0.47%), H. hystricis Supino (59; 27.44%), H. sp. near aborensis Warburton (91; 42.33%), H. sp. near darjeeling Hoogstraal and Dhanda (5; 2.33%), H. sp. near lagrangei Larrousse (3; 1.4%), H. spp. (16; 7.45%), Rhipicephalus haemaphysaloides (Supino) (5; 2.33%), and R. (Boophilus) microplus (Canestrini) (1; 0.47%). These collections, together with the literature to date, provide evidence for the occurrence of at least 22 ixodid tick species, representing six genera, in Laos. Here we present new records for at least four tick species from WMPA area, Nakai District, Khammouane Province, where tick-borne pathogens may circulate. These preliminary results should serve as a framework for further molecular investigations of putative tick vectors and their pathogens in Laos.

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Southeast Asian ticks (Acari: Ixodida): a historical perspective

Cited by 39 publications

References 34 publications

Distribution and abundance of ticks infesting livestock population along Karakorum highway from Mansehra to Gilgit, Pakistan

Distribution and abundance of ticks infesting livestock population along Karakorum highway from Mansehra to Gilgit, Pakistan

Investigation of the Cases Presenting to Dokuz Eylül University Hospital with Tick Bites

<strong>First survey of the hard tick (Acari: Ixodidae) fauna of Nakai District, Khammouane Province, Laos, and an updated checklist of the ticks of Laos</strong>

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