Ticks of the Hyalomma marginatum complex transported by migratory birds into Central Europe

Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases

Volumn 5, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 489-493

  Capek, Miroslav ^a   Literak, Ivan ^b   Kocianova, Elena ^c   Sychra, Oldrich ^b   Najer, Tomas ^b   Trnka, Alfred ^d   Kverek, Pavel ^e  

^a INSTITUTE OF VERTEBRATE BIOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY AND PHARMACEUTICAL SCIENCES   (Czech Republic)

^c INSTITUTE OF VIROLOGY   (Slovakia)

^d TRNAVA UNIVERSITY   (Slovakia)

^e University of Trnava ^*  (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Central Europe; Hyalomma marginatum complex; Migration; Passerines; Ticks; Vector

Indexed keywords

ACROCEPHALUS ARUNDINACEUS; ACROCEPHALUS SCHOENOBAENUS; ARTICLE; BIRD; CENTRAL EUROPE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CARRIER; EUROPE; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; HYALOMMA; HYALOMMA GLABRUM; HYALOMMA MARGINATUM; HYALOMMA RUFIPES; HYALOMMA TRUNCATUM; LOCUSTELLA LUSCINIOIDES; LUSCINIA MEGARHYNCHOS; MIGRATING BIRD; MIGRATORY SPECIES; NONHUMAN; ORGANISMAL INTERACTION; PARASITE MIGRATION; POPULATION MIGRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPECIES COMPARISON; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION; SPRING; TRANSPORT HOST; WINTER; ANIMAL; BIRD DISEASES; CZECH REPUBLIC; IXODIDAE; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SLOVAKIA; SONGBIRD;

ACROCEPHALUS ARUNDINACEUS; ACROCEPHALUS SCHOENOBAENUS; ACROCEPHALUS SCIRPACEUS; AVES; HYALOMMA; HYALOMMA MARGINATUM; HYALOMMA RUFIPES; IXODIDA; LOCUSTELLA LUSCINIOIDES; LUSCINIA MEGARHYNCHOS; PASSERIFORMES;

ANIMAL MIGRATION; ANIMALS; BIRD DISEASES; CZECH REPUBLIC; IXODIDAE; PASSERIFORMES; SLOVAKIA;

EID: 84904046673     PISSN: 1877959X     EISSN: 18779603     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ttbdis.2014.03.002     Document Type: Article

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