Severe Tick Infestation in a Hare and Potential Risk for Transmitting Pathogens to Humans.
10.3347/kjp.2011.49.4.419
- Author:
Weiqing ZHENG
1
;
Haiying CHEN
;
Xiaoqing LIU
;
Xuejian GUO
;
Renlong FU
Author Information
1. Nangchang Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Nanchang 330038, China. zhengweiqing2001@163.com
- Publication Type:Case Reports
- Keywords:
Ixodes sinensis;
Rhipicephalus haemaphysaloides;
Haemaphysalis longicornis;
tick infestation;
hare
- MeSH:
Animals;
Arachnid Vectors/*classification/microbiology;
Borrelia burgdorferi/physiology;
China;
Fatal Outcome;
Female;
Hares/*parasitology;
Humans;
Ixodidae/*classification/microbiology;
Lyme Disease/microbiology/*transmission;
Male;
Risk;
Tick Infestations/parasitology/transmission/*veterinary
- From:The Korean Journal of Parasitology
2011;49(4):419-422
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:English
-
Abstract:
Severe tick infestation was found in a hare in a suburban area of Nanchang, Jiangxi Province, China. We sampled ticks and identified them based on their morphologic characteristics. Three species, Ixodes sinensis, which is commonly found in China and can experimentally transmit Borrelia burgdorferi, Rhipicephalus haemaphysaloides, and Haemaphysalis longicornis which can transmit Lyme disease were detected with an optical microscope and a stereomicroscope. Risk of spreading ticks from suburban to urban areas exists due to human transportation and travel between the infested and non-infested areas around Nanchang.
