First case of human infestation by the tick Ixodes vespertilionis (Acari: Ixodidae)

Krzysztof Piksa,Magdalena Nowak-Chmura,Krzysztof Siuda

First case of human infestation by the tick Ixodes vespertilionis (Acari: Ixodidae)

2013

Krzysztof Piksa
Magdalena Nowak-Chmura
Krzysztof Siuda

Human infestation by the bat tick Ixodes vespertilionis (Acari: Ixodidae) is described; this is the first recorded case of this tick parasitizing humans.

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Tick
Zoology
Infestation
Ixodidae
Acari
Ixodes vespertilionis
Biology

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