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Hyalomma spp. in Austria—The Tick, the Climate, the Diseases and the Risk for Humans and Animals
Recently, ticks of Hyalomma spp. have been found more often in areas previously lacking this tick species. Due to their important role as a vector of different diseases, such as Crimean-Congo-hemorrhagic fever (CCHF), the occurrence and potential spread of this tick species is of major concern. So f...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9502680/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36144363 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/microorganisms10091761 |
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author | Duscher, Georg Gerhard Kienberger, Stefan Haslinger, Klaus Holzer, Barbara Zimpernik, Irene Fuchs, Reinhard Schwarz, Michael Hufnagl, Peter Schiefer, Peter Schmoll, Friedrich |
author_facet | Duscher, Georg Gerhard Kienberger, Stefan Haslinger, Klaus Holzer, Barbara Zimpernik, Irene Fuchs, Reinhard Schwarz, Michael Hufnagl, Peter Schiefer, Peter Schmoll, Friedrich |
author_sort | Duscher, Georg Gerhard |
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description | Recently, ticks of Hyalomma spp. have been found more often in areas previously lacking this tick species. Due to their important role as a vector of different diseases, such as Crimean-Congo-hemorrhagic fever (CCHF), the occurrence and potential spread of this tick species is of major concern. So far, eight Hyalomma sp. ticks were found between 2018 and 2021 in Austria. A serological investigation on antibodies against the CCHF virus in 897 cattle as indicator animals displayed no positive case. During observation of climatic factors, especially in the period from April to September, the year 2018 displayed an extraordinary event in terms of higher temperature and dryness. To estimate the risk for humans to come in contact with Hyalomma sp. in Austria, many parameters have to be considered, such as the resting place of birds, availability of large livestock hosts, climate, density of human population, etc. |
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spelling | pubmed-95026802022-09-24 Hyalomma spp. in Austria—The Tick, the Climate, the Diseases and the Risk for Humans and Animals Duscher, Georg Gerhard Kienberger, Stefan Haslinger, Klaus Holzer, Barbara Zimpernik, Irene Fuchs, Reinhard Schwarz, Michael Hufnagl, Peter Schiefer, Peter Schmoll, Friedrich Microorganisms Article Recently, ticks of Hyalomma spp. have been found more often in areas previously lacking this tick species. Due to their important role as a vector of different diseases, such as Crimean-Congo-hemorrhagic fever (CCHF), the occurrence and potential spread of this tick species is of major concern. So far, eight Hyalomma sp. ticks were found between 2018 and 2021 in Austria. A serological investigation on antibodies against the CCHF virus in 897 cattle as indicator animals displayed no positive case. During observation of climatic factors, especially in the period from April to September, the year 2018 displayed an extraordinary event in terms of higher temperature and dryness. To estimate the risk for humans to come in contact with Hyalomma sp. in Austria, many parameters have to be considered, such as the resting place of birds, availability of large livestock hosts, climate, density of human population, etc. MDPI 2022-08-31 /pmc/articles/PMC9502680/ /pubmed/36144363 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/microorganisms10091761 Text en © 2022 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Article Duscher, Georg Gerhard Kienberger, Stefan Haslinger, Klaus Holzer, Barbara Zimpernik, Irene Fuchs, Reinhard Schwarz, Michael Hufnagl, Peter Schiefer, Peter Schmoll, Friedrich Hyalomma spp. in Austria—The Tick, the Climate, the Diseases and the Risk for Humans and Animals |
title | Hyalomma spp. in Austria—The Tick, the Climate, the Diseases and the Risk for Humans and Animals |
title_full | Hyalomma spp. in Austria—The Tick, the Climate, the Diseases and the Risk for Humans and Animals |
title_fullStr | Hyalomma spp. in Austria—The Tick, the Climate, the Diseases and the Risk for Humans and Animals |
title_full_unstemmed | Hyalomma spp. in Austria—The Tick, the Climate, the Diseases and the Risk for Humans and Animals |
title_short | Hyalomma spp. in Austria—The Tick, the Climate, the Diseases and the Risk for Humans and Animals |
title_sort | hyalomma spp. in austria—the tick, the climate, the diseases and the risk for humans and animals |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9502680/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36144363 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/microorganisms10091761 |
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