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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Main Authors: 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
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Language:Inglês
Published: BioMed Central 2012
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3564739/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23273169
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1756-3305-5-301
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