Long Term Investigations on Tick Infestations of Human

Selcuk O., AYDIN L., GİRİŞGİN A. O., ŞENLİK B., ÖZAKIN C.

KAFKAS UNIVERSITESI VETERINER FAKULTESI DERGISI, cilt.21, sa.6, ss.795-798, 2015 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 21 Sayı: 6
  • Basım Tarihi: 2015
  • Doi Numarası: 10.9775/kvfd.2015.13203
  • Dergi Adı: KAFKAS UNIVERSITESI VETERINER FAKULTESI DERGISI
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus, TR DİZİN (ULAKBİM)
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.795-798
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: Tick infestation, Prevalence, Human, BITING HUMANS, DIVERSITY, HOSTS
  • Bursa Uludağ Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

In this study, a total of 19866 samples which were collected from humans who applied to the hospitals with tick bites in the western part of Turkey (Bursa) between the years 2007 and 2011 (from February to November) were examined. Approximately 10% (1985) of samples were found as non-ticks like bee stings, lice, fleas and other arthropods. The ticks were identified as Rhipicephalus spp. (72.98%), Ixodes spp. (18.96%), Hyalomma spp. (7.18%), Dermacentor marginatus (0.027%) and Haemaphysalis parva (0.005%). Based on localities, majority of the tick samples were reported from the urbanized areas (81%). Especially, Ixodes spp. species were commonly found in highland and forestry areas of Bursa.