MIKACIC (1952 and 19^+9). Yugoslavia. H. dromedarii present in 

 Adriatic Islands on domestic animals in spring and early 

 summer (19^9). Relation to piroplasmosis (1952). 



CVJETAiroVIC (1953). Yugoslavia. Tick reservoirs in an epidemic 

 of Q fever at Ogulin believed to be R. sanguineus and H. 

 dromedarii . Epidemic commenced at height of spring when 

 sheep, which were the source of human infection, were most 

 heavily infested by these two species, along with fewer 

 numbers of R. bursa and H. punctata . Patients had no 

 history of tickbite . ~ 



HYALa-fl'lA EXCAVATIM 



OLEIffiV (193 IB). USSR. As H. savipyi armenorium ; Note (sjtio- 

 nymy uncertain). As H. anatolicum ; Notes. 



IIARKOV, KURCHATOV, & MIRZABEKOV (1939). USSR. As H. sayignyi 

 (may refer to H. marginatum ) ; transmission of''theilerosis 

 in zebu cattle. 



SERDYUKOVA (l9^l). USSR. As H. anatolicum excavatum ; spiro- 

 chetes of Central Asiatic relapsing fever can be trans- 

 mitted to guinea pigs try inoculation of emulsified in- 

 fected ticks up to 24. hours after having been taken from 

 infected animals. Similar results obtained with H. 

 marginatum , D. pictus , and D. marginatus ♦ See also H. 

 marginatum , page 



DMIDOVA (19^2). USSR, Uzbekistan. As H. savignyi (see also K. 

 detritxm, page 872): remarks appear to apply to H. excavatxim 

 rather than to H. marginatum , but this is not certain"! All stages 

 of ticks found Tn cracks of buildings from level of grcund to 

 roofs of sheds where cattle sleep; also in holes bored by insects 

 in walls, cracks in poles, and under piles of corn beside stalls. 

 Outside these buildings, numerous males and females were found 

 up to above the height of a man under the loose bark of acacia 

 trees but none were observed in a nearby cracked wooden feeding 

 trough. In other localities, some were collected under plaster 

 but numerous unengorged adults of both sexes sheltered in cracks 

 in walls and under manvire as well as in pole holes excavated 



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