Adult Hyalomma marginatum tick positive for Rickettsia aeschlimannii in Austria, October 2018

Duscher, G.G. ; Hodzic, A. ; Hufnagl, P. ; Wille-Piazzai, W. ; Schotta, A.M. ; Markowicz, M.A. ; Estrada-Peña, A. (Universidad de Zaragoza) ; Stanek, G. ; Allerberger, F.

Resumen: We report on a non-indigenous adult Hyalomma marginatum tick in Austria carrying the human pathogenic Rickettsia aeschlimannii; presumably introduced as a nymph via migratory birds and completed the moulting within the same year. It was negative for Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever virus, but the finding of R. aeschlimannii represents a potential threat for humans due to its zoonotic character. Awareness of invasive tick species and carried pathogens should be improved in central and northern Europe.

Idioma: Inglés

DOI: 10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2018.23.48.1800595

Año: 2018

Publicado en: Euro surveillance : bulletin Europeen sur les maladies transmissibles = European communicable disease bulletin 23, 48 (2018), 9-11
ISSN: 1560-7917

Factor impacto JCR: 7.421 (2018)

Categ. JCR: INFECTIOUS DISEASES rank: 4 / 89 = 0.045 (2018) - Q1 - T1

Factor impacto SCIMAGO: 3.876 - Epidemiology (Q1) - Virology (Q1) - Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health (Q1) - Medicine (miscellaneous) (Q1)

Tipo y forma: Article (Published version)

Área (Departamento): Área Sanidad Animal (Dpto. Patología Animal)