Ixodid ticks in the megapolis of Kyiv, Ukraine.

Autor: Rogovskyy AS; Department of Veterinary Pathobiology, College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77845, United States. Electronic address: arogovskyy@cvm.tamu.edu., Nebogatkin IV; I.I. Schmalhausen Institute of Zoology of National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, 15 Khmelnytskogo St, Kyiv, 01601, Ukraine., Scoles GA; Animal Disease Research Unit, USDA-ARS, Washington State University, Pullman, WA 99164, United States.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Ticks and tick-borne diseases [Ticks Tick Borne Dis] 2017 Jan; Vol. 8 (1), pp. 99-102. Date of Electronic Publication: 2016 Oct 14.
DOI: 10.1016/j.ttbdis.2016.10.004
Abstrakt: The Ixodidae include the most common tick species encountered in Europe. The ticks transmit a variety of bacterial and protozoan agents of medical and veterinary significance. The aim of the current work was to investigate distribution of Ixodes ricinus and Dermacentor reticulatus ticks in Kyiv, the largest and most densely populated megapolis of Ukraine. Ticks were collected at various recreational areas by flagging during May, the month that showed the highest tick abundance in the past. Sex distribution among I. ricinus ticks was relatively equal, whereas females were collected in higher numbers for D. reticulatus. As opposed to western and central Europe where nymphal ticks had been more abundant, the nymph:adult ratio for I. ricinus was reversed. Also, this report documents detection of Rhipicephalus sanguineus sensu lato (s.l.) in Kyiv region, well outside of its historically documented distribution area. Previously thought to be restricted to the southern Ukraine, a single male specimen of R. sanguineus s.l. was collected just outside the city limits. Data on tick diversity over the past 30 years, however, indicates that this finding may only be incidental.
(Published by Elsevier GmbH.)
Databáze: MEDLINE
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