Ticks biting humans in the urban area of Istanbul.
Parasitol Res
; 102(3): 551-3, 2008 Feb.
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| ID: mdl-18074152
ABSTRACT
A passive surveillance for tick bites in humans was undertaken in the city of Istanbul (Turkey) in the summer and autumn of 2006. From 1,054 reported tick bites, most were females of Ixodes ricinus (27%) and nymphs of Hyalomma aegyptium (50%). A few adults of Hyalomma m. marginatum, Rhipicephalus sanguineus and Dermacentor marginatus were also recorded. We investigated potential risk factors for I. ricinus and H. aegyptium with spatial statistics. Climate features at 1-km resolution (monthly minimum temperatures in late summer and autumn and rainfall) and vegetation features at high resolution (density and heterogeneity of forest-type vegetation as well as distance of reporting site to these vegetation features) are useful variables explaining high reporting clusters for both Ixodes and Hyalomma. While Ixodes is highly reported in dense highly heterogeneous vegetation patches, Hyalomma is commonly found in areas far from forest-type features and in the small, relatively dry vegetation patches within the urban fabric.
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01-internacional
Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Carrapatos
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Mordeduras e Picadas
Tipo de estudo:
Risk_factors_studies
Limite:
Animals
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Humans
País/Região como assunto:
Asia
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Parasitol Res
Assunto da revista:
PARASITOLOGIA
Ano de publicação:
2008
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de afiliação:
Turquia