The dependence of Hyalomma aegyptium on its tortoise host Testudo graeca in Algeria
The result's identifiers
Result code in IS VaVaI
<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F62157124%3A16270%2F16%3A43874294" target="_blank" >RIV/62157124:16270/16:43874294 - isvavai.cz</a>
Alternative codes found
RIV/62157124:16810/16:43874294
Result on the web
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/mve.12175" target="_blank" >http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/mve.12175</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/mve.12175" target="_blank" >10.1111/mve.12175</a>
Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
The dependence of Hyalomma aegyptium on its tortoise host Testudo graeca in Algeria
Original language description
Hyalomma aegyptium (Linnaeus, 1758) (Ixodida: Ixodidae) has recently been confirmed as a carrier of numerous pathogenic, including zoonotic, agents. Four environmentally distinct regions of Algeria, located between the humid coastal zone and the arid Saharan Atlas range, were selected in order to compare differences in tick abundance among localities, and the correlations between tick abundance and host population characteristics and other environmental conditions. Sampling was carried out during May and early June in 2010-2012. A total of 1832 H. aegyptium were removed from 201 tortoises. Adult ticks accounted for 52% of the collection. In the pre-adult stages, larvae were dominant. Data on prevalence, intensity (mean +/- standard deviation, range) and abundance of tick infestation were calculated for each locality. Locally, prevalences reached 100%. The sex ratio was biased in favour of males (4.2). Intensities of infestation differed significantly among the localities studied for all developmental stages of the tick. The intensity of infestation by adult ticks was positively correlated to the size of the tortoise and with tortoise population density in the habitat. However, findings for immature tick stages were independent of both variables. No significant correlations between infestation intensities and the climatic parameters tested were found. Immature ticks were observed to prefer the front parts of their tortoise hosts, whereas the majority of adults were attached to the rear parts.
Czech name
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Czech description
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Classification
Type
J<sub>imp</sub> - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
10614 - Behavioral sciences biology
Result continuities
Project
<a href="/en/project/ED1.1.00%2F02.0068" target="_blank" >ED1.1.00/02.0068: Central european institute of technology</a><br>
Continuities
P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)<br>I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace
Others
Publication year
2016
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Name of the periodical
Medical and veterinary entomology
ISSN
0269-283X
e-ISSN
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Volume of the periodical
30
Issue of the periodical within the volume
3
Country of publishing house
US - UNITED STATES
Number of pages
9
Pages from-to
351-359
UT code for WoS article
000387023700012
EID of the result in the Scopus database
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