Contribution to the knowledge of ticks from Senegal (Acarina: Ixodina) vectors of Crimee Congo Hemorragic Fever (CCHF). Recapture of Hyalomma truncatum Koch 1844
2001 - Volume: 42 Issue: 3 pages: 223-226
Keywords
ecology
Ixodina
Senegal
Abstract
The authors demonstrate that Hyalomma truncatum, one of the main vectors of the virus CCHF for the man in West Africa, can cover more than 8 metres in a night to seek a host and that 48 hours after dropping it 15% can be recovered.
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