Ixodes persulcatus explained

Ixodes persulcatus, the taiga tick, is a species of hard-bodied tick distributed from Europe through central and northern Asia to the People's Republic of China and Japan.[1] The sexual dimorphism of the species is marked, the male being much smaller than the female.[2] Hosts include wild and domestic ungulates, man, dog, rabbit, and other small mammals, including the dormouse, Amur hedgehog, and occasionally birds.[3]

Disease transmission

Ixodes persulcatus ticks transmit Lyme disease, relapsing fever (Borrelia miyamotoi), babesiosis, and Siberian (TBEV-Sib) and Far Eastern (TBEV-FE) tick-borne encephalitis,[1] [4] and probably human granulocytic anaplasmosis as well. A recent study of the northernmost tick-borne encephalitis focus in Simo, Finnish Lapland, found I. persulcatus ticks in scattered foci along the western coast, including the Kokkola archipelago and Närpes municipality, demonstrating a northward movement of foci and an unusual combination of the TBEV-Eur strain and I. persulcatus ticks in an area with no evidence of cocirculation of tick species or TBEV subtypes.[1]

Notes and References

  1. Anu E. Jääskeläinen . Elina Tonteri . Tarja Sironen . Laura Pakarinen . Antti Vaheri . Olli Vapalahti . 2011 . European subtype tick-borne encephalitis virus in Ixodes persulcatus ticks . . 17 . 2 . 323–325 . 10.3201/eid1702.101487. 21291624 . 3376769 .
  2. Yung Bai Kang . Du Hwan Jang . 1985 . A description with scanning electron microscopy on the tick Ixodes persulcatus (Schulze, 1930) male and female specimens . Kisaengch'unghak chapchi [The Korean Journal of Parasitology] . 23 . 2 . 305–312 . 12888675 . 10.3347/kjp.1985.23.2.305. free .
  3. Book: James E. Keirans . Glen R. Needham . James H. Oliver Jr. . 1999 . The Ixodes ricinus complex worldwide: diagnosis of the species in the complex, hosts and distribution . Glen R. Needham . Rodger Mitchell . David J. Horn . W. Calvin Welbourn . Acarology IX, Volume 2, Symposia . Columbus, Ohio . The Ohio Biological Survey . 344 . 978-0-86727-123-2.
  4. Marina E. Eremeeva . Alice Oliveira . John Moriarity . Jennilee B. Robinson . Nikolay K. Tokarevich . Ludmila P. Antyukova . Valentina A. Pyanyh . Olga N. Emeljanova . Valentina N. Ignatjeva . Roman Buzinov . Valentina Pyankova . Gregory A. Dasch . 2007 . Detection and identification of bacterial agents in Ixodes persulcatus Schulze ticks from the north western region of Russia . Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases . 7 . 3 . 426–36 . 17767409 . 10.1089/vbz.2007.0112.

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