FIXING ON MAN OF IXODES (TRICHOTOIXODES) FRONTALIS (PANZER, 1795) COLLECTED WITH THE FLAGGING METHOD

Authors
GILOT B BEAUCOURNU JC CHASTEL C
Citation
B. Gilot et al., FIXING ON MAN OF IXODES (TRICHOTOIXODES) FRONTALIS (PANZER, 1795) COLLECTED WITH THE FLAGGING METHOD, Parasite, 4(2), 1997, pp. 197-199
Citations number
16
Categorie Soggetti
Parasitiology
Journal title
Parasite → ACNP
ISSN journal
1252607X
Volume
4
Issue
2
Year of publication
1997
Pages
197 - 199
Database
ISI
SICI code
1252-607X(1997)4:2<197:FOMOI(>2.0.ZU;2-K
Abstract
As he was beginning to sort a batch of Ixodid ticks, collected with th e flagging technique, the operator noticed that a female tick identifi ed as Ixodes frontalis had fixed itself rapidly on the top of one of h is finger. That species is usually considered as ''strict-specific to birds''. The low frequency of such a fixing on human beings, as far as we know, is of limited value from on epidemiological point of view.