Rehácek J, Weiser J
Folia Parasitol (Praha). 1978;25(2):165-70.
A total of 6,199 adult ticks (Haemaphysalis intermis, Dermacentor reticulatus, D. marginatus and Ixodes ricinus) collected in three localities in Slovakia were examined for microsporidian infection. The spores of Nosema slovaca were found in six D. reticulatus (0.097%). The microsporidian experimentally inoculated into the hemocele of half-engorged females of D. reticulatus caused acute infection and death of the host. The infection can be transmitted also to other tick species from the same region. The yield of spores from one tick ranges from 3 X 10(5) to 52 X 10(7) depending on the infection dose and tick species. Peroral infection of some butterfly larvae with the microsporidian pores was unsuccessful. The importance of Nosema infection in ticks in nature is discussed.
对在斯洛伐克三个地区采集的6199只成年蜱虫（边缘革蜱、网纹革蜱、刻点血蜱和蓖麻硬蜱）进行了微孢子虫感染检测。在6只网纹革蜱中发现了斯洛伐克微孢子虫的孢子（0.097%）。将微孢子虫实验性接种到半饱血的网纹革蜱雌蜱的血腔中，会导致宿主急性感染和死亡。这种感染也可以传播给同一地区的其他蜱种。根据感染剂量和蜱种的不同，一只蜱产生的孢子数量在3×10⁵到52×10⁷之间。用微孢子虫孢子经口感染一些蝴蝶幼虫未成功。文中讨论了微孢子虫感染在自然界蜱虫中的重要性。
