Journal of Medical Entomology (1997) 34, 660-663

Z. Hubálek and J. Halouzka (1997)
Mosquitoes (Diptera: Culicidae), in contrast to ticks (Acari: Ixodidae), do not carry Francisella tularensis in a natural focus of tularemia in the Czech Republic
Journal of Medical Entomology 34 (6), 660-663
Abstract: In total, 9,167 mosquitoes (Aedes spp.) and 1,987 ixodid ticks - 1,423 Dermacentor reticulates (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. reticulates (infection rate, 2.1%) and 1 isolate from I. ricinus (infection rate, 0.2%). Ixodid ticks, especially D. reticulates, but not mosquitoes serve as vectors (and perhaps reservoirs) of F. tularensis at this natural focus.
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Database assignments for author(s): Zdenek Hubálek

Research topic(s) for pests/diseases/weeds:
general biology - morphology - evolution

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Pest and/or beneficial records:

Beneficial	Pest/Disease/Weed	Crop/Product	Country	Quarant.
	Ixodes ricinus		Czech Republic
	Dermacentor reticulatus		Czech Republic