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Seasonal Occurrence of Ticks on Goats and Borrelia burgdorferi Influence in Ixodes ricinus in Antalya Region
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Original Article
VOLUME: 28 ISSUE: 3
P: 158-160
September 2004

Seasonal Occurrence of Ticks on Goats and Borrelia burgdorferi Influence in Ixodes ricinus in Antalya Region

Turkiye Parazitol Derg 2004;28(3):158-160
Dilek TUNCER 1
Gönül MUTLU 2
Zafer KARAER 3
Fahri SAYIN 3
Levent Bülent TUNCER 4
1. Social Security Hospital, Antalya, Turkey
2. Akdeniz University Medical School Department of Microbiology, Antalya, Turkey
3. Ankara Unıversity Veterinary Faculty Department of Protozoology and Entomology, Ankara, Turkey
4. Akdeniz University Medical School Department of Anesthesiology and Reanimation, Antalya, Turkey
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Received Date: 10.05.2004
Accepted Date: 08.08.2004
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ABSTRACT

The seasonal activity of populations of ticks during a one-year period has been studied in Antalya. The influence of seasonal features on the frequency of tick population was investigated. For a one-year period, 3338 ticks were collected monthly from the goats. They were typed and all three life stages were detected. The following species were detected: 1537 (46.0%) Rhipicephalus bursa, 978 (29.3%) Ixodes ricinus, 608 (18.2%) Dermacentor marginatus, 203 (6.0%) Haemaphysalis parva and 12 (0.5%) Haemaphysalis sulcata. One Borrelia burgdorferi was seen by immunofluorescence assay in 93 Ixodes ricinus that had been dissected.

Keywords:
Borrelia burgdorferi, ticks, Ixodes ricinus