Francisella tularensis from ixodid ticks in Czechoslovakia.

Abstract:

:A total of 26,478 ixodid ticks (935 pools) were examined by intracerebral inoculation of suckling mice. Six species of ticks were tested: Ixodes ricinus (23,470 individuals), I. trianguliceps (12), Haemaphysalis punctata (831), H. concinna (39), Dermacentor reticulatus (69) and D. marginatus (2,057). The ticks were collected largely by flagging vegetation, a substantial minority (4%) from animals. Three strains of Francisella tularensis were isolated, one each from I. ricinus (males, district Breclav, southern Moravia), D. reticulatus (males, district Breclav) and D. marginatus (engorged females collected from sheep in Roznava district, eastern Slovakia). D. marginatus and D. reticulatus represent new vector species for Czechoslovakia.

journal_title

Folia parasitologica

authors

Hubálek Z,Juricová Z,Halouzka J

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

1990-01-01 00:00:00

pages

255-60

issue

3

eissn

0015-5683

issn

1803-6465

journal_volume

37

pub_type

杂志文章