Knowledge about distribution and host-parasite associations of
Ixodes in Mexico is scarce, with records of I.
persulcatus and types of the nest type of parasitism of
Ixodes apronophorus (Sch., 1930) and
Ixodes trianguliceps (Birula, 1895) were collected; such data can be obtained only by catching small mammals, who are the main hosts of ticks (Daniel & Cerny, 1990).
Ixodes ricinus and Haemaphysalis punctata were found on dogs of El-Kala with a parasite load of 0.7 and 0.8 respectively (Table IV).
Eighty percent of 317 deer sampled at three Minnesota locations with established
Ixodes scapularis populations and only 5% of 150 deer from three non-tick locations were positive for lyme disease antibodies through ELIZA test (Gill et al.,(1994).
Las garrapatas del genero
Ixodes son los vectores o transmisores de la enfermedad; se han descrito diferentes especies transmisoras:
Ixodes ricinus en Europa;
Ixodes persulcatus en Asia y en el este de Europa;
Ixodes pacificus e
Ixodes scapularis (antes llamado
Ixodes dammini) en Norteamerica (1).
Stereomikroskopla yapilan incelemede kenenin
Ixodes turleri oldugu belirlendi (Resim 2).
Prevalence of
Ixodes dammini near the homes of Lyme disease patients in Westchester County, New York.
Additional surveys in 2008 led to the collection of another rarely collected species,
Ixodes pomeranzevi Serdyukova, which was collected in low numbers (4 nymphs, 2 adults) on the striped field mouse, Apodemus agrarius Pallas.
americanum (lone star tick) or
Ixodes scapularis (deer tick or black-legged tick).
In 1987, the first recently confirmed specimens of
Ixodes scapularis Say (the blacklegged tick) were collected from hunter-harvested deer in four Indiana counties.
Now, a small study has shown that lone star ticks (Amblyomma americanum) and deer ticks (
Ixodes scapularis) are able to survive the soaking and agitation of a washing machine!
The most common ticks in the UK are
Ixodes ricinus, the castor-bean tick,
Ixodes hexagonus, the hedgehog tick, and
Ixodes canisuga, often called the British dog tick.
The primary lineage of Powassan virus is carried by a tick (
Ixodes cookei) that feeds on the woodchuck (groundhog) and other small mammals, including squirrels and chipmunks, Dr.
