| Title |
Hard ticks as vectors—some basic issues
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|---|---|
| Published in |
Acta Medica Austriaca, July 2018
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| DOI | 10.1007/s00508-018-1360-x |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Olaf Kahl |
| Abstract |
There are various arthropods (e.g. insects, chiggers, mites, ticks) that take one or more blood meals on terrestrial vertebrates in the course of their lifetime. Among them are ixodid ticks (Acari, Ixodidae), all of which are obligately hematophagous. Their parasitic lifestyle predestines them to act as transmitters or vectors of microparasites, often pathogenic to humans and/or domestic animals. The list of ixodid tick-borne pathogens is long, encompassing viruses, bacteria, protozoans, and nematodes. The present mini-review gives a brief overview of the most relevant biological attributes that make ixodid ticks very efficient vectors compared with other hematophagous arthropod taxa. |
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| Belgium | 1 | 50% |
| Unknown | 1 | 50% |
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| Members of the public | 2 | 100% |
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| Student > Bachelor | 8 | 19% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 8 | 19% |
| Student > Master | 4 | 10% |
| Researcher | 3 | 7% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 3 | 7% |
| Other | 3 | 7% |
| Unknown | 13 | 31% |
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| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 12 | 29% |
| Veterinary Science and Veterinary Medicine | 3 | 7% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 2 | 5% |
| Immunology and Microbiology | 2 | 5% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 2 | 5% |
| Other | 4 | 10% |
| Unknown | 17 | 40% |
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