EXPERIMENTAL STUDY OF HYALOMMA PLUMBEUM PLUMBEUM PANZ. AND HAEMAPHYSALIS PUNCTATA CAN. AND FANZ. TICKS AS TULAREMIA VECTORS

Abstract

According to literature, ticks Hyalomma plumbeum plumbeum and Haemaphysalis punctata naturally infected with tularemia occur in nature. The authors established that under experimental conditions tick of both species infected in the larval stage could retain the agent throughout the metamorphosis. Nymphs and imago of H. plumbeum and nymphs of H. punctata during blood-sucking infect animals susceptible to tularemia. Besides, nymphs of H. plumbeum can attach and transmit the causative agent to animals in interrupted feeding for 82 days. No transovarial transmission could be obtained in H. plumbeum ticks.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 1969
Accession Number
AD0699817

Entities

People

  • D. T. Shiryaev
  • I. M. Orekhova
  • S. A. Tokarev
  • S. F. Shevchenko

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  • Naval Medical Research Center

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DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Animals
  • Infection
  • Instructions
  • Laboratory Animals
  • Lagomorphs
  • Literature
  • Materials
  • Rodents
  • Tickborne Diseases
  • Ticks
  • Wound Infections

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  • Aquatic Ecology
  • Immunology