University of Sarajevo - Veterinary Faculty, Zmaja od Bosne 90, Sarajevo 71000 , Bosnia and Herzegovina.
University of Sarajevo - Faculty of Agriculture and Food Sciences, Zmaja od Bosne 8, Sarajevo 71000 , Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Ticks Tick Borne Dis. 2022 Jan;13(1):101870. doi: 10.1016/j.ttbdis.2021.101870. Epub 2021 Nov 10.
Ticks are one of the important groups of parasites, whose populations have increased in Europe in the last 20 years and, as vectors of many emerging diseases, are a major threat to human and animal health. Bosnia and Herzegovina has both climate and environmental conditions favorable for ticks. Given this risk, the aim of this study was to identify tick species currently present in this country and to compare the findings with previous studies, in order to update information on their spatial distribution and other parameters of occurrence. From March 2017 to April 2020, ticks were collected in 42 sampling areas (municipalities) throughout the country. Prespecified identification keys were used for identifying the ticks to the species level. A total of 6193 tick specimens from the Ixodidae family were collected from animal hosts or from vegetation. Ixodes ricinus was the most dominant tick species found. However, our results indicate a decrease in the relative contribution of this tick species to the overall abundance of tick populations. Dermacentor marginatus, which almost doubled in abundance compared to earlier studies, is the second most common tick species. We further confirmed the presence of Dermacentor reticulatus, Rhipicephalus bursa, Rhipicephalus sanguineus sensu lato, Hyalomma marginatum and Haemaphysalis punctata. Ixodes hexagonus, Ixodes canisuga and Haemaphysalis concinna, which were previously reported at low abundance were not found amongst our specimens.
蜱虫是重要的寄生虫群体之一，其在过去 20 年中在欧洲的种群数量有所增加，并且作为许多新发疾病的传播媒介，对人类和动物健康构成了重大威胁。波斯尼亚和黑塞哥维那既有有利于蜱虫的气候条件，也有有利于蜱虫的环境条件。鉴于这种风险，本研究的目的是确定目前在该国存在的蜱种，并将研究结果与以前的研究进行比较，以更新其空间分布和其他发生参数的信息。从 2017 年 3 月到 2020 年 4 月，在全国 42 个采样区（直辖市）采集了蜱虫。使用预设的鉴定键将蜱虫鉴定到种水平。从动物宿主或植被中采集了来自 Ixodidae 科的 6193 只蜱虫标本。硬蜱是最主要的蜱种。然而，我们的结果表明，这种蜱种在蜱种群总丰度中的相对贡献有所减少。与早期研究相比，数量几乎翻了一番的边缘革蜱是第二常见的蜱种。我们进一步证实了边缘钝缘蜱、扇头蜱、血红扇头蜱、马氏硬蜱和血红硬蜱的存在。以前报道数量较少的璃眼蜱、犬栉首蚤和中华革蜱在我们的标本中未被发现。
