Records of Ixodoidea from the Trentino-Alto Adige region in northern Italy

Canestri-Trotti, G.; Fioravanti, Marialetizia

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“…In recent years there has been considerable interest in bird schistosomes among researchers in Europe, no doubt associated with the ever increasing number of reported cases of swimmerÕs itch in that part of the world (De Gentile et al 1996;Pilz et al 1995;Thors and Linder 2001;Dubois et al 2001;Canestri-Trotti et al 2001;Kolarova et al 1999;_ Zbikowska et al 2001). There are also alarming reports on the survival capacity of schistosomula of these parasites in the internal organs of experimentally infected mammals (Appelton and Brock 1986;Horak and Kolarova 2000;Bayssade-Dufour et al 2001;Horak et al 2002;Horak and Kolarova 2001).…”

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Infection of snails with bird schistosomes and the threat of swimmer?s itch in selected Polish lakes

Żbikowska

2004

Parasitology Research

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Studies of selected species of Lymnaeidae and Planorbidae showed that infection with bird schistosomes occurred in 14 of the 26 Polish lakes studied. In Planorbarius corneus larvae of Bilharziella polonica were found, and in Lymnaea stagnalis and Radix auricularia larvae of Trichobilharzia ocellata. In spite of their comparatively low prevalence, cercariae, potentially pathogenic to humans, may have caused dermatitis in patients registered in one of the regions under study. The low prevalence of infection among the host snails may have been compensated for by the enormous number of cercariae released by them, which, moreover, showed a long-lasting viability, particularly at low ambient temperature.

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Infection of snails with bird schistosomes and the threat of swimmer?s itch in selected Polish lakes

Żbikowska

2004

Parasitology Research

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“…The tick Rhipicephalus sanguineus sensu lato has been occasionally imported by dogs returning with their owners from the Mediterranean or other countries with a subtropical or tropical climate (Prosl and Kutzer 1986 ). The tick fauna of South Tyrol includes six documented species (Canestri-Trotti and Fioravanti 1991 ; Khoury and Maroli 2004 ), one more than in North Tyrol (Mahnert 1971 ; Thaler 2003 ).…”

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“…punctata occurs sympatric with D. marginatus in the Etsch Valley west of Meran and in the Bruneck area, both species frequently infesting sheep. The following locations have been documented: 3 (Canestri-Trotti and Fioravanti 1991 ), 4 (Simeoni et al. 2014 ).…”

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Maps of ticks (Acari: Argasidae, Ixodidae) for Austria and South Tyrol, Italy

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2022

Exp Appl Acarol

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A first compilation of georeferenced tick locations in Austria and South Tyrol, Italy, is presented here. This allows the tick fauna to be examined in the various climatic regions of the European Alps. The dataset comprises 424 tick locations of Austria and 48 tick locations of South Tyrol, which were digitized from literature and visualized in the form of geographical maps. The tick fauna of Austria includes two species of Argasidae in the genera Argas and Carios and 15 species of Ixodidae in the genera Dermacentor, Haemaphysalis, and Ixodes, altogether 17 tick species. In addition, two species of Ixodidae in the genera Hyalomma (each spring imported by migratory birds) and Rhipicephalus (occasionally imported by dogs returning from abroad with their owners) are included in the tick atlas. Of these, the georeferenced locations of 18 tick species are depicted in maps. The occurrence of the one remaining tick species, Ixodes inopinatus, is given at the level of the federal states. The first Austrian distribution map of the long-legged bat tick Ixodes vespertilionis, which was reported from 21 caves, deserves special mention. The most common and widespread tick species is Ixodes ricinus, with records in all nine federal states of Austria, followed by Ixodes canisuga, Ixodes hexagonus, and I. vespertilionis in six federal states each. Haemaphysalis concinna and Dermacentor reticulatus are only endemic in the eastern plains, while Dermacentor marginatus only occurs in the west, in the Tyrolean Alpine valleys. Eight tick species were reported from South Tyrol, Italy. There, the most frequently flagged tick from the vegetation is also I. ricinus, while D. marginatus and Haemaphysalis punctata are often collected from sheep. The locations are shown together with those from North and East Tyrol on a separate Tyrol map. The tick atlas in Austria and South Tyrol as well as the underlying digital dataset in the supplement contribute to the closing of data gaps in global distribution maps of ticks and improve the data basis for new species distribution models.

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Records of Ixodoidea from the Trentino-Alto Adige region in northern Italy

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Infection of snails with bird schistosomes and the threat of swimmer?s itch in selected Polish lakes

Infection of snails with bird schistosomes and the threat of swimmer?s itch in selected Polish lakes

Maps of ticks (Acari: Argasidae, Ixodidae) for Austria and South Tyrol, Italy

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