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

Particle and Fibre Toxicology

Gábor Horváth¹  Sándor Hornok² 

[1] Veterinary Authority, Nagyatád, Hungary;Department of Parasitology and Zoology, Faculty of Veterinary Science, Szent István University, Budapest, Hungary

关键词: Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever;    Continental climate;    Cattle;    Hyalomma marginatum rufipes;   

Others  :  1231668
DOI  :  10.1186/1756-3305-5-170

 received in 2012-06-11, accepted in 2012-08-04,  发布年份 2012

【 摘 要 】

Background

South 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.

Findings

Besides indigenous species (1185 Dermacentor reticulatus and 976 Ixodes ricinus), two Hyalomma marginatum rufipes males were found on two cows, in September eight days apart.

Conclusions

This 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.

【 授权许可】

   
2012 Hornok and Horváth; licensee BioMed Central Ltd.

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