Hornok, Sándor
Mihalca, Andrei D.
Kontschán, Jenő
Takács, Nóra
Fedorov, Denis
Plantard, Olivier
Sándor, Attila D.
Funding for this research was provided by:
Office for Supported Research Groups, Eötvös Loránd Research Network (1500107)
National Research, Development and Innovation Office (132794, 132794, 132794)
University of Veterinary Medicine
Article History
Received: 4 January 2023
Accepted: 26 February 2023
First Online: 16 March 2023
Declarations
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: <i>Ixodes rugicollis</i> was found on a road-killed stone marten collected in the frame of project MySMIS120009 (National Mammal Monitoring). For removing <i>I. lividus</i> and <i>I. arboricola</i> from birds at Ócsa Bird Ringing Station (Hungary) the license was provided by the National Inspectorate for Environment and Nature (no. 14/3858-9/2012). For the collection of <i>I. trianguliceps</i>, permission was provided by the Committee for the Protection, Control and Regulation of the Use of Wildlife Specimens, in the Leningrad Region (no. И-3729/2020). Ethical approval for the collection of all other ticks which were used for DNA extraction, or of which the DNA extracts were used, are included in relevant studies cited in the text.
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: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.