title: Guineafowl, ticks and Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever in Turkey: the perfect storm?
abstract: To control ticks carrying the emerging Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever (CCHF) in Turkey the government is introducing thousands of exotic helmeted guineafowl (Numida meleagris). However, not only do these birds eat negligible numbers of ticks, but they are also excellent nurseries for the young of Hyalomma marginatum ticks, the best vectors of CCHF.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biology, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT 84112, USA. c.s@utah.edu
authors.forename: Cağan Hakkı
authors.initials: CH
authors.lastname: Sekercioğlu
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D060740:Disease Eradication; D046094:Galliformes / Q000502:physiology*; D006479:Hemorrhagic Fever, Crimean / Q000517:prevention & control* / Q000635:transmission; D006790:Host-Parasite Interactions; D058865:Introduced Species; D026863:Ixodidae / Q000502:physiology / Q000821:virology*; D015980:Public Health Practice / Q000592:standards*; D013983:Tick Control / Q000379:methods*; D017282:Tick-Borne Diseases / Q000517:prevention & control* / Q000635:transmission; D014421:Turkey