Ticks (Acari: Ixodida) infesting humans in the provinces of Kelkit Valley, a Crimean-congo hemorrhagic fever endemic region in Turkey

Ticks are mandatory blood feeding ectoparasites leading transmission of various tick-borne pathogens to human and animals. Since 2002, thousands of human tick bites and numerous Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic Fever cases have been reported in several provinces in the Kelkit Valley region in Turkey. Despi...

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Published in:Experimental & applied acarology 2013-04, Vol.59 (4), p.507-515
Main Authors: Bursali, Ahmet, Keskin, Adem, Tekin, Saban
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Acari
Animal Ecology
Animal Genetics and Genomics
Animal Systematics/Taxonomy/Biogeography
Animals
Argas
Biodiversity
Biomedical and Life Sciences
Bites
Blood
Dermacentor
Dermacentor reticulatus
Ectoparasites
Endemic Diseases
Entomology
Feeding
Female
females
fever
Geography
Haemaphysalis
Hemorrhagic fever
Hemorrhagic Fever, Crimean - transmission
humans
Humans - parasitology
Hyalomma
Infestation
Insect bites
Ixodes
Ixodidae
Life Sciences
Male
males
nymphs
Pathogens
Rhipicephalus
Species composition
species diversity
surveys
tick bites
Tick Infestations - epidemiology
tick-borne diseases
ticks
Turkey - epidemiology
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Animal Ecology
Animal Genetics and Genomics
Animal Systematics/Taxonomy/Biogeography
Animals
Argas
Biodiversity
Biomedical and Life Sciences
Bites
Blood
Dermacentor
Dermacentor reticulatus
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Endemic Diseases
Entomology
Feeding
Female
females
fever
Geography
Haemaphysalis
Hemorrhagic fever
Hemorrhagic Fever, Crimean - transmission
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Humans - parasitology
Hyalomma
Infestation
Insect bites
Ixodes
Ixodidae
Life Sciences
Male
males
nymphs
Pathogens
Rhipicephalus
Species composition
species diversity
surveys
tick bites
Tick Infestations - epidemiology
tick-borne diseases
ticks
Turkey - epidemiology
title Ticks (Acari: Ixodida) infesting humans in the provinces of Kelkit Valley, a Crimean-congo hemorrhagic fever endemic region in Turkey
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