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DOI	10.3389/fvets.2021.684737
	Argasid Ticks of Palearctic Bats: Distribution, Host Selection, and Zoonotic Importance
	Sandor, Attila D.; Mihalca, Andrei Daniel; Domsa, Cristian; Peter, Aron; Hornok, Sandor
通讯作者	Sandor, AD (corresponding author), Univ Agr Sci & Vet Med, Dept Parasitol & Parasit Dis, Cluj Napoca, Romania. ; Sandor, AD (corresponding author), Univ Vet Med, Dept Parasitol & Zool, Budapest, Hungary.
来源期刊	FRONTIERS IN VETERINARY SCIENCE
EISSN	2297-1769
出版年	2021
卷号	8
英文摘要	The soft ticks (Ixodida: Argasidae) are ectoparasites of terrestrial vertebrates with a wide geographic distribution, occurring on all continents. These ticks are obligate blood-feeders, most of them show high degrees of host-specialization and several species in arid and tropical regions are important parasites of livestock and men. Species commonly occurring on domestic animals and man are generally well-known, with many studies focusing on their ecology, distribution or vectorial role. However, wildlife-specialist soft ticks are less studied. Nearly half of all soft tick species are bat specialists, with five species (Carios vespertilionis, Chiropterargas boueti, Chiropterargas confusus, Reticulinasus salahi, and Secretargas transgariepinus) occurring in the Western Palearctic. There is no comprehensive study on the distribution, hosts or pathogens in these soft ticks, although most species were shown to carry several viral, bacterial, or protozoan pathogens and also to occasionally infest humans. Based on a literature survey and 1,120 distinct georeferenced records, we present here the geographical range, host selection and vectorial potential for bat-specialist soft ticks occurring in the Western Palearctic (chiefly Europe, North Africa, and the Middle East). Carios vespertilionis shows the largest distribution range and was found on most host species, being ubiquitous wherever crevice-roosting bats occur. All the other species were located only in areas with Mediterranean climate, with Ch. boueti, Chiropteraragas confusus, and R. salahi are missing entirely from Europe. These three species have a host spectrum of bats roosting primarily in caves, while S. transgariepinus and Ca. vespertilionis is feeding primarily on crevice-roosting bat species. All but one of these soft tick species are known to feed on humans and may be vectors of important disease agents (Rickettsia spp., Borrelia spp., Bartonella spp., Ehrlichia spp., Babesia spp., several nairo-, and flaviviruses). As several crevice-roosting bat species show a continuous adaptation to human-altered areas, with certain species becoming common city-dwellers in the Western Palearctic, the study of bat specialist soft ticks is also important from an epidemiologic point of view.
英文关键词	Chiroptera host-specificity Ixodoidea soft ticks zoonotic diseases
类型	Article
语种	英语
开放获取类型	Green Published, gold
收录类别	SCI-E
WOS记录号	WOS:000669847100001
WOS关键词	ISSYK-KUL VIRUS ; BABESIA-VESPERUGINIS ; IXODIDA ARGASIDAE ; ACARI ; VESPERTILIONIS ; CHIROPTERA ; RICKETTSIA ; SPIROCHETE ; PATHOGENS ; BORRELIA
WOS类目	Veterinary Sciences
WOS研究方向	Veterinary Sciences
资源类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://119.78.100.177/qdio/handle/2XILL650/368689
作者单位	[Sandor, Attila D.; Mihalca, Andrei Daniel; Domsa, Cristian; Peter, Aron] Univ Agr Sci & Vet Med, Dept Parasitol & Parasit Dis, Cluj Napoca, Romania; [Sandor, Attila D.; Hornok, Sandor] Univ Vet Med, Dept Parasitol & Zool, Budapest, Hungary
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Sandor, Attila D.,Mihalca, Andrei Daniel,Domsa, Cristian,et al. Argasid Ticks of Palearctic Bats: Distribution, Host Selection, and Zoonotic Importance[J],2021,8.
APA	Sandor, Attila D.,Mihalca, Andrei Daniel,Domsa, Cristian,Peter, Aron,&Hornok, Sandor.(2021).Argasid Ticks of Palearctic Bats: Distribution, Host Selection, and Zoonotic Importance.FRONTIERS IN VETERINARY SCIENCE,8.
MLA	Sandor, Attila D.,et al."Argasid Ticks of Palearctic Bats: Distribution, Host Selection, and Zoonotic Importance".FRONTIERS IN VETERINARY SCIENCE 8(2021).