Ticks parasitizing humans in Greece

Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 539-542

  Papa, Anna ^a   Chaligiannis, Ilias ^b   Xanthopoulou, Kyriaki ^a   Papaioakim, Miltiadis ^c   Papanastasiou, Sofia ^d   Sotiraki, Smaragda ^b  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^b INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS   (Greece)

^c Alexandroupolis University General Hospital   (Greece)

^d General Hospital of Komotini   (Greece)

Author keywords

Crimean Congo hemorrhagic fever virus: CCHFV; Rickettsia; Tick(s)

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BOUTONNEUSE FEVER; CHILD; CLIMATE; CRIMEAN CONGO HEMORRHAGIC FEVER; FEMALE; GREECE; HUMAN; HYALOMMA ANATOLICUM; HYALOMMA MARGINATUM; HYALOMMA RUFIPES; INFANT; IXODES GIBBOSUS; IXODES RINICUS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHIPICEPHALUS; RHIPICEPHALUS ANNULATUS; RHIPICEPHALUS BURSA; RHIPICEPHALUS SANGUINEUS; RHIPICEPHALUS TURANICUS; RICKETTSIA CONORII; SCHOOL CHILD; TICK;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANIMALS; BITES AND STINGS; BOUTONNEUSE FEVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; GREECE; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER, CRIMEAN; HUMANS; INFANT; IXODES; IXODIDAE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RHIPICEPHALUS SANGUINEUS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; TICK INFESTATIONS; WEATHER; YOUNG ADULT;

CRIMEAN-CONGO HEMORRHAGIC FEVER VIRUS; HYALOMMA MARGINATUM; IXODIDA; RHIPICEPHALUS SANGUINEUS; RICKETTSIA; RICKETTSIA CONORII;

EID: 79957598464     PISSN: 15303667     EISSN: 15577759     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/vbz.2010.0036     Document Type: Article

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