Biogeography of Tick-Borne Bhanja Virus (Bunyaviridae)‎ in Europe

المؤلف

Hubálek, Zdenek

المصدر

Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Infectious Diseases

العدد

المجلد 2009، العدد 2009 (31 ديسمبر/كانون الأول 2009)، ص ص. 1-11، 11ص.

الناشر

Hindawi Publishing Corporation

تاريخ النشر

2010-02-16

دولة النشر

مصر

عدد الصفحات

11

التخصصات الرئيسية

الأمراض
الطب البشري

الملخص EN

Bhanja virus (BHAV) is pathogenic for young domestic ruminants and also for humans, causing fever and affections of the central nervous system.

This generally neglected arbovirus of the family Bunyaviridae is transmitted by metastriate ticks of the genera Haemaphysalis, Dermacentor, Hyalomma, Rhipicephalus, Boophilus, and Amblyomma.

Geographic distribution of BHAV covers southern and Central Asia, Africa, and southern (partially also central) Europe.

Comparative biogeographic study of eight known natural foci of BHAV infections in Europe (in Italy, Croatia, Bulgaria, Slovakia) has revealed their common features.

(1) submediterranean climatic pattern with dry growing season and wet mild winter (or microlimatically similar conditions, e.g., limestone karst areas in central Europe), (2) xerothermic woodland-grassland ecosystem, with plant alliances Quercetalia pubescentis, Festucetalia valesiacae, and Brometalia erecti, involving pastoral areas, (3) presence of at least one of the tick species Haemaphysalis punctata, Dermacentor marginatus, Rhipicephalus bursa, and/or Hyalomma marginatum, and (4) presence of ≥60% of the 180 BHAV bioindicator (157 plant, 4 ixodid tick, and 19 vertebrate spp.).

On that basis, Greece, France (southern, including Corsica), Albania, Spain, Hungary, European Turkey, Ukraine (southern), Switzerland (southern), Austria (southeastern), Germany (southern), Moldova, and European Russia (southern) have been predicted as additional European regions where BHAV might occur.

نمط استشهاد جمعية علماء النفس الأمريكية (APA)

Hubálek, Zdenek. 2010. Biogeography of Tick-Borne Bhanja Virus (Bunyaviridae) in Europe. Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Infectious Diseases،Vol. 2009, no. 2009, pp.1-11.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-466871

نمط استشهاد الجمعية الأمريكية للغات الحديثة (MLA)

Hubálek, Zdenek. Biogeography of Tick-Borne Bhanja Virus (Bunyaviridae) in Europe. Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Infectious Diseases No. 2009 (2009), pp.1-11.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-466871

نمط استشهاد الجمعية الطبية الأمريكية (AMA)

Hubálek, Zdenek. Biogeography of Tick-Borne Bhanja Virus (Bunyaviridae) in Europe. Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Infectious Diseases. 2010. Vol. 2009, no. 2009, pp.1-11.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-466871

نوع البيانات

مقالات

لغة النص

الإنجليزية

الملاحظات

Includes bibliographical references

رقم السجل

BIM-466871