ArticleInfection ecology & epidemiology2014
On the potential roles of ticks and migrating birds in the ecology of West Nile virus.
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- Tick-borne viruses: Epidemiology, pathogenesis, and animal models.One health (Amsterdam, Netherlands) · 2024Review
- Vectorial dynamics underpinning current and future tick-borne virus emergence in Europe.The Journal of general virology · 2024Review
- The Scenario of Ticks and Tick-Borne Pathogens of Sheep on a Mediterranean Island.Microorganisms · 2022Article
- A divergentInfection ecology & epidemiology · 2020Article
- Tick infestation in birds and prevalence of pathogens in ticks collected from different places in Germany.Parasitology research · 2016Article
- Ticks and tick-borne pathogens in wild birds in Greece.Parasitology research · 2016Article
- Ticks (Acari: Ixodida) parasitizing humans in Corum and Yozgat provinces, Turkey.Experimental & applied acarology · 2015Article
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Abstract
backgroundMosquitoes are the primary vectors of West Nile virus (WNV). Ticks have, however, been suggested to be potential reservoirs of WNV. In order to investigate their role in the spread of the virus, ticks, which had been collected from birds migrating northwards from Africa to Europe, were analyzed for the potential presence of WNV-RNA.
methodsOn the Mediterranean islands Capri and Antikythira a total of 14,824 birds were captured and investigated from which 747 ticks were collected. RESULTS AND
conclusionMost of the identified ticks (93%) were nymphs and larvae of Hyalomma marginatum sensu lato, most of which were or appear to be Hyalomma rufipes. Of these ticks 729 were individually screened for WNV-RNA. None of the ticks was found to be WNV positive. Thus, there was no evidence that Hyalomma marginatum s.l. ticks play a role in the spread of WNV from Africa to Europe.
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