title: First report of the tick Hyalomma scupense (natural vector of bovine tropical theileriosis) on the French Mediterranean island of Corsica.
abstract: Hyalomma scupense (Acari, Ixodidae) is a common tick species found in several areas in North Africa, Asia and South Europe and an efficient natural vector of bovine tropical theileriosis (Theileria annulata), a livestock disease with an important economic impact. For one year, 1938 ticks were collected on cattle in several Corsican slaughterhouses; 168 of them were morphologically identified as H. scupense. This result was confirmed by genetic identification using sequences of mitochondrial cytochrome c oxidase subunit I (COI) and ribosomal internal transcribed spacer 2 (ITS2) genes. The presence of 2 different stages (adults and nymphs), collected in various areas of the island, indicates that a population of H. scupense is established in Corsica. However, bovine tropical theileriosis has not been diagnosed on the island so far.
authors.affiliation: INRA, UR 045 Laboratoire de Recherches sur le Développement de l'Elevage, Corte, France. Electronic address: angelini@corse.inra.fr.
authors.forename: Sébastien
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Grech-Angelini
authors.affiliation: CIRAD, UMR CMAEE, 34398 Montpellier, France; INRA, UMR 1309CMAEE, 34398 Montpellier, France.
authors.forename: Frédéric
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Stachurski
authors.affiliation: CIRAD, UMR CMAEE, 34398 Montpellier, France; INRA, UMR 1309CMAEE, 34398 Montpellier, France.
authors.forename: Renaud
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Lancelot
authors.affiliation: Université de Perpignan Via Domitia, IHPE UMR 5244, CNRS, IFREMER, Université de Montpellier, F-66860 Perpignan, France.
authors.forename: Jérôme
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Boissier
authors.affiliation: Université de Perpignan Via Domitia, IHPE UMR 5244, CNRS, IFREMER, Université de Montpellier, F-66860 Perpignan, France.
authors.forename: Jean-François
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: Allienne
authors.affiliation: Laboratoire de Parasitologie, Ecole Nationale de Médecine Vétérinaire, Université de la Manouba, Sidi Thabet, Tunisia.
authors.forename: Mohamed
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Gharbi
authors.affiliation: "A Surgente", Route du Port, 20130 Cargèse, France.
authors.forename: Gerrit
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Uilenberg
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001096:Arachnid Vectors / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics / Q000469:parasitology; D002417:Cattle; D002418:Cattle Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000469:parasitology* / Q000635:transmission*; D021903:DNA, Ribosomal Spacer / Q000235:genetics; D003576:Electron Transport Complex IV / Q000235:genetics; D005260:Female; D005602:France / Q000453:epidemiology; D026863:Ixodidae / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics / Q000469:parasitology; D008297:Male; D009758:Nymph / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics; D012621:Seasons; D013801:Theileriasis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000635:transmission*; D013984:Tick Infestations / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000469:parasitology / Q000662:veterinary*
chemical_list: D021903:DNA, Ribosomal Spacer; D003576:Electron Transport Complex IV
keywords: Cattle; Corsica; Hyalomma scupense; Molecular identification; Theileria annulata