| first survey on hard ticks (ixodidae) collected from humans in romania: possible risks for tick-borne diseases. | the importance of studies on the diversity of ticks attacking humans resides mostly in the relatively highly-specific tick-pathogen associations. human tick bites are commonly reported worldwide but removal of ticks from patients is rarely followed by specific identification of the ticks, leaving to some degree of hazard the preventive treatment of possible associated diseases. a total number of 308 ticks were collected between april and june 2010 from 275 human patients who voluntarily presente ... | 2010 | 21161719 |