Evaluation of Ticks Biting Humans in Thrace Province Turkey
Yazarlar (8)
Ayşen Gargili
Marmara Üniversitesi, Türkiye
Sirri Kar
Tekirdağ Namık Kemal Üniversitesi, Türkiye
Nadim Yilmazer
Tekirdağ Namık Kemal Üniversitesi, Türkiye
Çiǧdem Cerit
Gülden Sönmez
Hatice Günseli Alp
Pendik Veteriner Kontrol ve Arastirma Enstitüsü, Türkiye
Prof. Dr. Zati VATANSEVER
Kafkas Üniversitesi, Türkiye
| Makale Türü | Özgün Makale (SSCI, AHCI, SCI, SCI-Exp dergilerinde yayınlanan tam makale) | ||
| Dergi Adı | Kafkas Universitesi Veteriner Fakultesi Dergisi (Q4) | ||
| Dergi ISSN | 1300-6045 Wos Dergi Scopus Dergi | ||
| Dergi Tarandığı Indeksler | SCI-Exp, SCOPUS, Curation, Essential Science Indicators, Pdf2xml, Pdf2xml, Reference Master, Sophia, Web Of Science Expanded, Zoological Record | ||
| Makale Dili | İngilizce | Basım Tarihi | 06-2010 |
| Cilt / Sayı / Sayfa | 16 / 0 / – | DOI | – |
| 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 |
