Hyalomma marginatum
| Hyalomma marginatum | |
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| Specimen in alcohol | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Subclass: | Acari |
| Superorder: | Parasitiformes |
| Order: | Ixodida |
| Family: | Ixodidae |
| Subfamily: | Hyalomminae |
| Genus: | Hyalomma |
| Species: | H. marginatum |
| Binomial name | |
| Hyalomma marginatum Koch 1844 | |
Hyalomma marginatum is a hard-bodied tick found on birds including the pale crag martin. This tick has been implicated in the transmission of Bahig virus, a pathogenic arbovirus previously thought to be transmitted only by mosquitoes.[1]
The Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic Fever virus has also been detected in ticks of this type removed from migratory birds in Morocco.[2]
References
- ↑ Converse, James D; Hoogstraal, Harry; Moussa, M I; Stek, M; Kaiser, Makram N (1974). "Bahig virus (Tete group) in naturally- and transovarially-infected Hyalomma marginalum ticks from Egypt and Italy". Archiv für die gesamte Virusforschung 46: 29–35. doi:10.1007/BF01240201.
- ↑ Palomar, AM; Portillo A; Santibáñez P; Mazuelas D; Arizaga J; Crespo A; et al. (Feb 2013). "Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic Fever Virus in Ticks from Migratory Birds, Morocco". Emerg Infect Dis [Internet] 19 (2). doi:10.3201/eid1902.121193.
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