A preliminary study for determining tick species attached humans in Bitlis province of Turkey

Bu çal ı ş ma 2009 yı l ı Mayı s ve Ağ ustos ayları aras ı nda Türkiyenin Do ğ u Anadolu bölgesindekiBitlis Devlet Hastanesinin Acil Servisine kene tutunma ş ikâyetiyle ba ş vuran 91 hastadan ç ı kart ı lankene türlerini rapor etmektedir. Keneler hastalardan acil serviste ç ı kartı lm ı ş ve % 70lik etanoliçeren tüplerde saklanmı ş tı r. Kenelerin stereo mikroskop altı nda morfolojik özelliklerine göre türte ş hisleri yap ı lm ı ş tı r. İnceleme sonucu belirlenen dokuz kene türü ş u ş ekildedir: Rhipicephalusbursa (18/91), Dermacentor marginatus (15/91), Hyalomma anatolicum (12/91), Hyalommaaegyptium(9/91), Haemaphysalis sulcata (9/91), Hyalomma marginatum (6/91), Hyalommaexcavatum(6/91), Rhipicephalus sanguineus group (6/91), Haemaphysalis spp. (3/91) ve Hyalomma rufipes (1/91). Buna ek olarak iki Rhipicephalus sp. nimfi ve dört Hyalomma sp. nimfibelirlenmi ş tir. Bu sonuçlar Bitlis yöresinde insanları enfeste eden kene türleri ile için ilk bilgilerisa ğ lamaktad ı r. Türkiyede ve dünya çap ı nda, insanlar ile evcil ve vah ş i hayvanları enfeste edenkene türlerinin belirlenmesine yönelik ileri çal ı ş malara ihtiyaç duyulmaktad ı r.

Türkiye nin Bitlis Yöresinde insanlara tutunan kene türlerinin belirlenmesine yönelik ön bir çalışma

This study reports tick species removed from 91 patients who complained of tick bite between May and August 2009 in the Emergency Service of Bitlis State Hospital located in Eastern Anatolian region of Turkey. Ticks were detached from the patients in Emergency service and stored in tubescontaining 70% ethanol. Ticks were diagnosed under a stereo microscope according to the morphological features. As a result of the investigation, nine tick species were identified as follows:Rhipicephalus bursa (18/91), Dermacentor marginatus (15/91), Hyalomma anatolicum (12/91),Hyalomma aegyptium (9/91), Haemaphysalis sulcata (9/91), Hyalomma marginatum (6/91),Hyalomma excavatum (6/91), Rhipicephalus sanguineus group (6/91), Haemaphysalis spp. (3/91) and Hyalomma rufipes (1/91). In addition to this two Rhipicephalus sp. nymhs and four Hyalommasp. nymhs were identified. These results provide first data for tick species infesting humans in Bitlis province. Further studies are required to determine which tick species are infesting humans and domestic-wild animals in Turkey, and also throughout the world.

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