Journal
TICKS AND TICK-BORNE DISEASES
Volume 12, Issue 1, Pages -Publisher
ELSEVIER GMBH
DOI: 10.1016/j.ttbdis.2020.101541
Keywords
Hyalomma; Importation; Rickettsia aeschlimannii; Public health
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- National Institute for Health Research Health Protection Research Unit (NIHR HPRU) in Environmental Change and Health at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
- Public Health England (PHE)
- University of Exeter
- University College London
- Met Office
- EU [653316]
- Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) [SV3045, SE4113]
- Scottish Government [SV3045, SE4113]
- Welsh Government [SV3045, SE4113]
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Hyalomma marginatum is a widely distributed tick in the Mediterranean, Northern Africa, and the Middle East, known for transmitting various pathogens. A recent case in England reported the first human exposure to a locally acquired adult H. marginatum and the second detection of Rickettsia aeschlimannii associated with imported Hyalomma.
Hyalomma marginatum is widely distributed across the Mediterranean, Northern Africa and the Middle East. Current climate conditions in Northern Europe are thought to limit the species' ability to moult to the adult stage. It is a vector of several pathogens of human and veterinary concern, including Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever virus, for which it is the primary vector in Europe. Here, we report the first human exposure to a locally acquired adult H. marginatum in England, and the second detection in England of Rickettsia aeschlimannii associated with imported Hyalomma.
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