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Evaluation of Ticks Biting Humans in Thrace Province Turkey       
Yazarlar
Aysen Gargili
Türkiye
Sirri Kar
Türkiye
Nadim Yılmazer
Namık Kemal Üniversitesi, Türkiye
Cerit Cigdem
Türkiye
Zeynep Gülden Sönmez Tamer
Kocaeli Üniversitesi, Türkiye
Hatice Gunseli Alp
Türkiye
Prof. Dr. Zati VATANSEVER Prof. Dr. Zati VATANSEVER
Kafkas Üniversitesi, Türkiye
Özet
This study examined 1478 tick samples taken from humans who applied to the hospitals with tick bites in the provinces of Tekirdag, Kirklareli and Edirne in Thrace region of Turkey between May and November, 2007. The samples were evaluated in terms of species, developmental stage, gender, season and locality. The ticks were identified as Hyalomma spp. (76.05%), Rhipicephalus spp. (11.71%), Ixodes spp. (10.55%), Haemaphysalis spp. (1.48%), Dermacentor spp. (0.07%), Ornithodoros spp. (0.07%), and Argas spp. (0.07%). Majority of the tick samples were Hyalomma aegyptium nymphs (68.54%). According to the hospital application dates, tick bite cases occurred in August at most (30.11%). Tick bites by Ixodes spp. were abundant in the Black Sea coasts of the region. Based on localities, majority of the cases were reported from the urbanized areas (61.30%).
Anahtar Kelimeler
Tick | Thrace | Turkey | Human
Makale Türü Özgün Makale
Makale Alt Türü SSCI, AHCI, SCI, SCI-Exp dergilerinde yayımlanan tam makale
Dergi Adı KAFKAS UNIVERSITESI VETERINER FAKULTESI DERGISI
Dergi ISSN 1300-6045
Dergi Tarandığı Indeksler SCI-Exp, SCOPUS, Curation, Essential Science Indicators, Pdf2xml, Pdf2xml, Reference Master, Sophia, Web Of Science Expanded, Zoological Record
Dergi Grubu Q4
Makale Dili İngilizce
Basım Tarihi 06-2010
Cilt No 16
BM Sürdürülebilir Kalkınma Amaçları
Atıf Sayıları
WoS 33
SCOPUS 36
Google Scholar 48

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