Hyalomma marginatum - A silent stowaway after vacation at the Adriatic Sea

IF 3.1 2区医学 Q2 INFECTIOUS DISEASES

Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases Pub Date : 2024-09-26 DOI:10.1016/j.ttbdis.2024.102400

Mateusz Markowicz , Anna-Margarita Schötta , Peter Hufnagl , Annette Nigsch , Alexander Indra , Georg G. Duscher

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Abstract

Hyalomma marginatum is an invasive tick species capable of transmitting pathogens that cause severe diseases such as Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever. In Austria, H. marginatum occurs sporadically, and migratory birds are believed to bring H. marginatum from distant regions. We report several incidents of H. marginatum imported by travelers in private cars from Croatia to Austria. One tick was positive for Rickettsia aeschlimannii. Tourist traffic may play a significant role in the northward expansion of this tick species aside from introduction by birds.

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Hyalomma marginatum - 亚得里亚海度假后的无声偷渡者

边缘蜱（Hyalomma marginatum）是一种入侵性蜱类，能够传播病原体，导致克里米亚-刚果出血热等严重疾病。在奥地利，H. marginatum时有发生，候鸟被认为从遥远的地区带来了H. marginatum。我们报告了几起乘坐私家车从克罗地亚到奥地利的旅行者带入H. marginatum的事件。其中一只蜱的立克次体（Rickettsia aeschlimannii）呈阳性。除了鸟类的传入外，旅游交通可能在该蜱虫物种向北扩展的过程中发挥了重要作用。

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Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases INFECTIOUS DISEASES-MICROBIOLOGY

CiteScore

6.90

自引率

12.50%

发文量

185

审稿时长

6-12 weeks

期刊介绍： Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases is an international, peer-reviewed scientific journal. It publishes original research papers, short communications, state-of-the-art mini-reviews, letters to the editor, clinical-case studies, announcements of pertinent international meetings, and editorials. The journal covers a broad spectrum and brings together various disciplines, for example, zoology, microbiology, molecular biology, genetics, mathematical modelling, veterinary and human medicine. Multidisciplinary approaches and the use of conventional and novel methods/methodologies (in the field and in the laboratory) are crucial for deeper understanding of the natural processes and human behaviour/activities that result in human or animal diseases and in economic effects of ticks and tick-borne pathogens. Such understanding is essential for management of tick populations and tick-borne diseases in an effective and environmentally acceptable manner.