Mosquitoes (Diptera: Culicidae), in Contrast to Ticks (Acari: Ixodidae), Do Not Carry Francisella tularensis in a Natural Focus of Tularemia in the Czech Republic
- 1 November 1997
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Journal of Medical Entomology
- Vol. 34 (6) , 660-663
- https://doi.org/10.1093/jmedent/34.6.660
Abstract
In total, 9,167 mosquitoes (Aedes spp.) and 1,987 ixodid ticks—1,423 Dermacentor reticulatus (F.), 504 Ixodes ricinus (L.), and 60 Haemaphysalis concinna Koch—were examined in an active enzootic focus (floodplain forest-meadow ecosystem) of tularemia in South Moravia, Czech Republic. Although no F. tularensis was detected in mosquitoes or H. concinna, 30 isolates were recovered from D. reticulatus (infection rate, 2.1%) and 1 isolate from I. ricinus (infection rate, 0.2%). Ixodid ticks, especially D. reticulatus, but not mosquitoes serve as vectors (and perhaps reservoirs) of F. tularensis at this natural focus.Keywords
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