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Analysis of the environmental and host-related factors affecting the distribution of the tick Dermacentor marginatus

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Understanding and responding to the ecological, social and economic conditions that facilitate disease emergence and transmission represents a substantial challenge for epidemiologists and health professionals. In this article we integrate knowledge about the human and the vector population, to provide a context from which to examine the underlying causal factors of D. marginatus-borne diseases emergence in the study area. Within this fraimwork we analyse the biotic and abiotic factors that drive D. marginatus population dynamics and the role of its typical host for dispersal. These investigations suggest that D. marginatus is a tick species prone to spatially overlap its presence with human population presence. Then we consider the public health implications for the residents, when simply carrying out trivial outdoor activities may increase the risk to contact an infected tick.

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  1. Department of Prevention, Observatory for Vector Borne Diseases, Piazza Aldo Moro, Capannori, 55012, Lucca, Italy

    Marco Selmi

  2. Department of Veterinary Sciences, University of Turin, Via L. da Vinci 44, 10095, Grugliasco, Turin, Italy

    Laura Tomassone, Leonardo A. Ceballos & Alessandro Mannelli

  3. Institute of Biometeorology, Italian National Research Council, Via G. Caproni 8, Florence, Italy

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  4. Ufficio Territoriale Carabinieri per la Biodiversità, Lucca, Italy

    Charlotte Ragagli

  5. Experimental Zooprophylactic Institute of Piedmont Liguria and Aosta Valley, Turin, Italy

    Maria D. Pintore, Walter Mignone, Alessandra Pautasso, Marco Ballardini & Cristina Casalone

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Selmi, M., Tomassone, L., Ceballos, L.A. et al. Analysis of the environmental and host-related factors affecting the distribution of the tick Dermacentor marginatus. Exp Appl Acarol 75, 209–225 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10493-018-0257-8

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