Haemaphysalis intermedia explained

Haemaphysalis intermedia, the flat-inner-spurred haemaphysalid, is a hard-bodied tick of the genus Haemaphysalis. It is found in India and Sri Lanka.^[1] It is an obligate ectoparasite of mammals. It is a potential vector of Kyasanur Forest disease virus,^[2] Ganjam virus, and Nairobi sheep disease virus.^[3]

Parasitism

Adults parasitize various wild and domestic mammals. Ticks can be controlled by using cypermethrin.^[4]

External links

• Ganjam virus: a new arbovirus isolated from ticks Haemaphysalis intermedia Warburton and Nuttall, 1909 in Orissa, India.
• Redescription of Cotypes and All Stages of Haemaphysalis intermedia Warburton and Nuttall, 1909 (= H. parva Neumann, 1908, Preoccupied) from Ceylon and India (Ixodoidea, Ixodidae)

Notes and References

1. Web site: Species Details : Haemaphysalis intermedia Warburton & Nuttall, 1909 . Catalogue of Life . 6 February 2017.
2. Ixodid ticks on cattle and buffaloes in the Kyasanur forest disease area of Karnataka State [1981] ]. Indian Journal of Medical Research . 6 February 2017. 1981 . Sreenivasan . M. A. . Rajagopalan . P. K. .
3. Nairobi sheep disease virus isolated from Haemaphysalis intermedia ticks collected in Sri Lanka . Annals of Tropical Medicine & Parasitology . 90 . 1 . 91–93 . 10.1080/00034983.1996.11813031 . 8729633 . 2016 . Perera . L. P . Peiris . J. S. M . Weilgama . D. J . Calisher. Charles Calisher . C. H . Shope . R. E .
4. Web site: Efcacy of Cypermethrin to Control Haemaphysalis Intermedia Ticks . Indian Vet. J. . 6 February 2017.