Castro Martin B, Wright Stan A
Division of Communicable Disease Control, California Department of Health Services, Sacramento, CA 95899-7413, USA.
J Vector Ecol. 2007 Jun;32(1):140-9. doi: 10.3376/1081-1710(2007)32[140:vhoipa]2.0.co;2.
The western black-legged tick, Ixodes pacificus Cooley & Kohls, is an important parasite and vector of disease agents that affect human and animal health in the western United States. This paper presents a review of all published California host records for I. pacificus. Unpublished data from public health, academic, and vector control agencies and researchers were reviewed as well. Host species were identified for each active life stage (larvae, nymph and adult). A total of 108 vertebrate species in three classes (Mammalia, Aves, and Reptilia) were identified as hosts for at least one life stage of I. pacificus. Adult I. pacificus were recorded from 29 species of mammals, 2 species of birds, and 1 reptile species. Nymphal I. pacificus were recorded from 30 species of mammals, 38 species of birds, and 8 reptile species. Larval I. pacificus were recorded from 29 species of mammals, 43 species of birds, and 8 species of reptiles. A table depicting the taxonomic classification of host species is provided. This review adds eight new host records to the California list of recognized vertebrate host species for I. pacificus.
西部黑腿蜱（Ixodes pacificus Cooley & Kohls）是一种重要的寄生虫，也是影响美国西部人类和动物健康的病原体传播媒介。本文综述了已发表的关于太平洋硬蜱在加利福尼亚州的所有宿主记录。同时也查阅了来自公共卫生、学术以及病媒控制机构和研究人员的未发表数据。确定了每个活跃生命阶段（幼虫、若虫和成虫）的宿主物种。总共在三个纲（哺乳纲、鸟纲和爬行纲）中鉴定出108种脊椎动物物种为太平洋硬蜱至少一个生命阶段的宿主。太平洋硬蜱成虫的宿主记录来自29种哺乳动物、2种鸟类和1种爬行动物物种。太平洋硬蜱若虫的宿主记录来自30种哺乳动物、38种鸟类和8种爬行动物物种。太平洋硬蜱幼虫的宿主记录来自29种哺乳动物、43种鸟类和8种爬行动物物种。提供了一个描述宿主物种分类学分类的表格。本综述为太平洋硬蜱在加利福尼亚州已确认的脊椎动物宿主物种列表增加了8个新的宿主记录。
