KOCIANOVÁ, Elena, Veronika RUSŇÁKOVÁ TARAGEĽOVÁ, Danka HARUŠTIAKOVÁ and Eva ŠPITALSKÁ. Seasonal infestation of birds with immature stages of Ixodes ricinus and Ixodes arboricola. Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases. Jena: Elsevier GmbH, 2017, vol. 8, No 3, p. 423-431. ISSN 1877-959X. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ttbdis.2017.01.006.
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Original name Seasonal infestation of birds with immature stages of Ixodes ricinus and Ixodes arboricola
Authors KOCIANOVÁ, Elena (703 Slovakia), Veronika RUSŇÁKOVÁ TARAGEĽOVÁ (703 Slovakia), Danka HARUŠTIAKOVÁ (703 Slovakia, guarantor, belonging to the institution) and Eva ŠPITALSKÁ (703 Slovakia).
Edition Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases, Jena, Elsevier GmbH, 2017, 1877-959X.
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Original language English
Type of outcome Article in a journal
Field of Study 30303 Infectious Diseases
Country of publisher Germany
Confidentiality degree is not subject to a state or trade secret
Impact factor Impact factor: 2.612
RIV identification code RIV/00216224:14110/17:00096323
Organization unit Faculty of Medicine
Doi http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ttbdis.2017.01.006
UT WoS 000395213600015
Keywords in English Birds; Coinfection; Ixodes arboricola; Ixodes ricinus; Larva; Nymph
Tags EL OK, podil
Tags International impact, Reviewed
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Abstract
This study assessed the parasitization of cavity-nesting birds and ground-nesting/foraging birds with larvae and nymphs of two Ixodes species, Ixodes ricinus and Ixodes arboricola. Totals of 679 (52.3%) I. ricinus and 619 (47.7%) I. arboricola ticks were collected from 15 species of passerine birds which were caught during the nesting and non-nesting periods of 2003–2006, in the south-eastern part of the Czech Republic, the Drahanská Vrchovina Uplands. In the non-nesting period from October to March, 6.8% (101/1492) of birds were infested with ticks, mainly with I. arboricola larvae. In the non-nesting period, the average intensity of infestation by I. arboricola and I. ricinus was 8.5 and 1.5 individuals per infested bird, respectively. In the nesting period from April to June, 21.6% (50/232) of birds were infested by both tick species but mainly with I. ricinus nymphs. The average intensity of infestation by I. ricinus and I. arboricola was 13.3 and 10.8 individuals per infested bird, respectively. Altogether, 23.2% of the infested birds were parasitized by both immature life stages of one or both tick species. From an enzootic perspective, co-feeding and co-infestation of I. ricinus and I. arboricola subadults on passerine birds might happen and may be important for the dissemination of tick-borne agents.
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