Spatial distribution of Dermacentor reticulatus in Romania

Chiţimia-Dobler, Lidia

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“…erminea ) N Eurasia [ 279 ] European polecat ( Mu. putorius ) N, A Europe, Western Russia [ 22 , 285 ] European badger ( Meles meles ) A Europe [ 286 ] Racoon dog ( Nyctereutes procyonoides ) A Europe [ 140 ] Roe deer ( Capreolus capreolus ) N b , A Europe, [ 22 , 59 , 69 , 280 , 287 , 288 ] Fallow deer ( Dama dama ) A Europe [ 62 ] Red deer ( Cervus elaphus ) N b , A Europe, Western Asia [ 22 , 59 , 279 – 281 , 285 , 288 , 289 ] Moose ( Alces alces ) A Eurasia [ 68 , 289 ] European bison or wisent ( Bison bonasus ) A Europe, Western Russia [ 60 , 144 , 290 – 292 ] Wild boar ( Sus scrofa ) A Eurasia [ 22 , 59 , ...…”

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“…africanus asinus ) A entire D. reticulatus range [ 10 ] Cat ( Felis catus ) A entire D. reticulatus range [ 69 , 113 , 280 , 285 , 287 ] Dog ( Ca. lupus familiaris) N b , A entire D. reticulatus range [ 25 , 26 , 60 , 61 , 113 , 245 , 288 , 298 ] Human N b , A entire D. reticulatus range [ 4 , 54 – 56 , 59 , 61 – 66 , 69 , 280 , 284 ] a L, larva; N, nymph; A, adult b rarely …”

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Dermacentor reticulatus: a vector on the rise

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Dermacentor reticulatus is a hard tick species with extraordinary biological features. It has a high reproduction rate, a rapid developmental cycle, and is also able to overcome years of unfavourable conditions. Dermacentor reticulatus can survive under water for several months and is cold-hardy even compared to other tick species. It has a wide host range: over 60 different wild and domesticated hosts are known for the three active developmental stages. Its high adaptiveness gives an edge to this tick species as shown by new data on the emergence and establishment of D. reticulatus populations throughout Europe. The tick has been the research focus of a growing number of scientists, physicians and veterinarians. Within the Web of Science database, more than a fifth of the over 700 items published on this species between 1897 and 2015 appeared in the last three years (2013–2015). Here we attempt to synthesize current knowledge on the systematics, ecology, geographical distribution and recent spread of the species and to highlight the great spectrum of possible veterinary and public health threats it poses. Canine babesiosis caused by Babesia canis is a severe leading canine vector-borne disease in many endemic areas. Although less frequently than Ixodes ricinus, D. reticulatus adults bite humans and transmit several Rickettsia spp., Omsk haemorrhagic fever virus or Tick-borne encephalitis virus. We have not solely collected and reviewed the latest and fundamental scientific papers available in primary databases but also widened our scope to books, theses, conference papers and specialists colleagues’ experience where needed. Besides the dominant literature available in English, we also tried to access scientific literature in German, Russian and eastern European languages as well. We hope to inspire future research projects that are necessary to understand the basic life-cycle and ecology of this vector in order to understand and prevent disease threats. We conclude that although great strides have been made in our knowledge of the eco-epidemiology of this species, several gaps still need to be filled with basic research, targeting possible reservoir and vector roles and the key factors resulting in the observed geographical spread of D. reticulatus.Electronic supplementary materialThe online version of this article (doi:10.1186/s13071-016-1599-x) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.

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“…Due to global warming and other effects of anthropopressure, e.g., changes in the fauna and flora structure and ecological fragmentation that became strongly evident in the 20th century and at the beginning of the 21st century, the distribution of ticks is changing, as these are colonising new areas. In this period, the area of occurrence of such pathogen-transmitting tick species as Ixodes ricinus [2][3][4], Dermacentor reticulatus [5][6][7], Dermacentor marginatus [7], Haemaphysalis concinna [8], Hyalomma marginatum [9,10], and Rhipicephalus sanguineus [11] in Europe increased significantly. Vector competences of these ticks for specific pathogen species vary, but they are all probably involved in pathogen circulation in nature and contribute to the maintenance of tick-borne disease foci.…”

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The Potential Role of Migratory Birds in the Rapid Spread of Ticks and Tick-Borne Pathogens in the Changing Climatic and Environmental Conditions in Europe

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Bartosik

2020

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This opinion piece highlights the role of migratory birds in the spread of ticks and their role in the circulation and dissemination of pathogens in Europe. Birds with different lifestyles, i.e., non-migrants residing in a specific area, or short-, medium-, and long-distance migrants, migrating within one or several distant geographical regions are carriers of a number of ticks and tick-borne pathogens. During seasonal migrations, birds that cover long distances over a short time and stay temporarily in different habitats can introduce tick and pathogen species in areas where they have never occurred. An increase in the geographical range of ticks as well as the global climate changes affecting the pathogens, vectors, and their hosts increase the incidence and the spread of emerging tick-borne diseases worldwide. Tick infestations of birds varied between regions depends on the rhythms of tick seasonal activity and the bird migration rhythms determined by for example, climatic and environmental factors. In areas north of latitude ca. 58°N, immature Ixodes ricinus ticks are collected from birds most frequently, whereas ticks from the Hyalomma marginatum group dominate in areas below 42°N. We concluded that the prognosis of hazards posed by tick-borne pathogens should take into account changes in the migration of birds, hosts of many epidemiologically important tick species.

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“…Until the 1980s the range of D. reticulatus was clearly divided between West-European and Eastern populations with an area from the Baltic Sea coast through central Germany, western Poland to the southern border of Hungary (Karbowiak 2014) where the meadow tick had never been reported. Nowadays, D. reticulatus shows a tendency of expansion into new areas in Germany (Dautel et al 2006), Poland (Karbowiak and Kiewra 2010; Nowak 2011; Kiewra and Czulowska 2013; Mierzejewska et al 2016), Slovakia (Bullová et al 2009), the Czech Republic (Široký et al 2011), Lithuania, Latvia (Paulauskas et al 2015) and Romania (Chitimia-Dobler 2015) and has also been observed in countries of western Europe in locations where it had not been reported previously (Jongejan et al 2015). The spread of D. reticulatus is influenced by many factors including climate changes due to global warming, changes in the way of using green areas, which contributes to the increase in the number and diversity of hosts as well as the development of tourism and transport between countries (Karbowiak 2014; Mierzejewska et al 2017; Kloch et al 2017).…”

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Dermacentor reticulatus ticks (Acari: Ixodidae) distribution in north-eastern Poland: an endemic area of tick-borne diseases

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Dermacentor reticulatus is the second most important tick species in Poland. Although the north-eastern region of Poland is considered typical for D. reticulatus and is treated as a contiguous area of Eastern populations of the meadow ticks, the occurrence of this tick species in this region to date has been recorded as separate foci. The present report supplements data on the geographical distribution of D. reticulatus in urban and natural biotopes of north-eastern Poland (Warmia and Mazury province). In 2015–2017 (during the springtime activity of ticks) adult questing D. reticulatus were found in 13 of 25 monitored localities. Six sites are located in urbanized areas, within the administrative borders of the city of Olsztyn and seven sites are in natural biotopes in the central part of Warmia and Mazury. A total of 398 adult D. reticulatus ticks, including 257 females and 141 males, were collected. A comparison of data grouped according to urban and natural type of area revealed no statistical differences between them. Taking into account the habitat type, the mean tick density was the highest in open landscapes. The identification of new foci D. reticulatus in the endemic areas of Lyme borreliosis, tick-borne encephalitis and canine babesiosis is crucial for determining the risk of diseases transmitted by ticks and taking proper preventive measures.

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Spatial distribution of Dermacentor reticulatus in Romania

Cited by 28 publications

References 25 publications

Dermacentor reticulatus: a vector on the rise

Dermacentor reticulatus: a vector on the rise

The Potential Role of Migratory Birds in the Rapid Spread of Ticks and Tick-Borne Pathogens in the Changing Climatic and Environmental Conditions in Europe

Dermacentor reticulatus ticks (Acari: Ixodidae) distribution in north-eastern Poland: an endemic area of tick-borne diseases

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