Durden L A, Vogel G N, Oliver J H
Department of Biology, Georgia Southern University, Statesboro 30460, USA.
J Parasitol. 1996 Feb;82(1):174-5.
Quantitative tick drag samples were taken at various times during the day and night from February through April 1994 on St. Catherines Island or on Sapelo Island, Georgia. For each month, there was no statistical difference between the numbers of adult blacklegged ticks, Ixodes scapularis, collected during any hour of daylight or darkness on St. Catherines Island, Adult I. scapularis also quested during both day and night on Sapelo Island, but on this island significantly more ticks were collected in 1 nocturnal sample during March. Nocturnal questing may partially explain why hosts that are principally nocturnal or that are active during both day and night are often heavily parasitized by adult I. scapularis. This observation could be epidemiologically important with respect to tickborne zoonoses such as Lyme disease and babesiosis.
1994年2月至4月期间，在佐治亚州的圣凯瑟琳斯岛或萨佩洛岛上，于白天和夜晚的不同时间采集了定量的蜱虫拖行样本。对于每个月而言，在圣凯瑟琳斯岛白天或黑夜的任何一个小时内采集到的成年黑腿蜱（肩突硬蜱）数量之间没有统计学差异。成年肩突硬蜱在萨佩洛岛白天和夜晚也会进行搜寻，但在该岛3月份的1次夜间样本中采集到的蜱虫明显更多。夜间搜寻可能部分解释了为什么主要在夜间活动或昼夜均活动的宿主常常被成年肩突硬蜱大量寄生。就莱姆病和巴贝斯虫病等蜱传人畜共患病而言，这一观察结果在流行病学上可能具有重要意义。
