Biogeography of Tick-Borne Bhanja Virus (Bunyaviridae) in Europe
Author
Source
Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Infectious Diseases
Issue
Vol. 2009, Issue 2009 (31 Dec. 2009), pp.1-11, 11 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2010-02-16
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
11
Main Subjects
Abstract 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.
American Psychological Association (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
Modern Language Association (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
American Medical Association (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
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-466871