The new locality of Argas reflexus Fabricius, 1794 in Warsaw, Poland.
The new locality of Argas reflexus in Warsaw, Poland is recorded. The ticks occur in the lof of apartment blocks, inhabited by pigeons. When the birds were removed by cleaning services, the ticks began to look for a new host and penetrate the flats. Some of the lodgers had been bitten by tick larvae and nymphs.
Karbowiak
Grzegorz
G
W. Stefański Institute of Parasitology of the Polish Academy of Sciences, Twarda St. 51/55, 00-818 Warszawa, Poland. grzgrz@twarda.pan.pl
Supergan
Marta
M
D000818:Animals; D026864:Argas / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000145:classification / Q000502:physiology*; D001717:Birds; D001733:Bites and Stings / Q000150:complications / Q000469:parasitology*; D010856:Columbidae / Q000469:parasitology*; D017753:Ecosystem; D006790:Host-Parasite Interactions; D006801:Humans; D007303:Insect Vectors; D009758:Nymph / Q000145:classification / Q000382:microbiology; D012307:Risk Factors; D013984:Tick Infestations / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000469:parasitology* / Q000662:veterinary*; D014581:Urticaria / Q000209:etiology