Zoonotic pathogens associated with Hyalomma aegyptium in endangered tortoises: evidence for host-switching behaviour in ticks?

BACKGROUND: Hyalomma aegyptium is a hard-tick with a typical three-host life cycle. The main hosts are Palearctic tortoises of genus Testudo. However, other hosts can be used by immature ticks for feeding in natural conditions. Given this complex ecology and multiple host use, the circulation of pat...

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Autores principales: Paștiu, Anamaria I, Matei, Ioana A, Mihalca, Andrei D, D’Amico, Gianluca, Dumitrache, Mirabela O, Kalmár, Zsuzsa, Sándor, Attila D, Lefkaditis, Menelaos, Gherman, Călin M, Cozma, Vasile
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2012
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Research
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3564739/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23273169
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1756-3305-5-301

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3564739/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23273169
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1756-3305-5-301

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