Hyalomma /Hy·a·lom·ma/ (hi″ah-lom´ah) a genus of ticks found on humans and other animals in Africa, Asia, and Europe; they may transmit disease and cause serious injury by their bite.
Hy·a·lom·ma (h   -l m )n. A genus of large ixodid ticks that parasitize domestic animals and a wide variety of wild animals and serve as vectors for a variety of pathogens in humans and animals. |
Hyalomma
a genus of ticks in the family Ixodidae. The several stages of these ticks transmit Babesia caballi, B. equi, Theileria parva, T. annulata, T. dispar, Coxiella burnetii, Rickettsia bovis and R. conori. There are significant differences of opinion about the nomenclature of these ticks. A further subdivision creating new genera of Hyalommina and Hyalommosta is proposed. The currently listed species are: Hyalomma anatolicum, H. detritum mauretanicum, H. detritum scupense (H. uralense, H. volgense), H. dromedarii, H. excavatum (H. anatolicum), H. impressum, H. plumbeum plumbeum (H. marginatum), H. truncatum (H. transiens). See also sweating sickness.
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