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00925njm 22002777a 4500 dc Vieira Lista, María Carmen author Belhassen-García, Moncef author Vicente Santiago, María Belén author Sánchez-Montejo, Javier author Pedroza Pérez, Carlos author Monsalve Arteaga, Lía Carolina author Herrador, Zaida author Del Álamo-Sanz, Rufino author Benito, Agustin author Soto López, Julio David author Muro, Antonio author 2022-05-18 Ticks transmit a wide diversity of pathogens to a great variety of hosts, including humans. We conducted a tick surveillance study in northwestern Spain between 2014 and 2019. Ticks were removed from people and identified. Tick numbers, species, development stages, the timeline, seasonal and geographical distribution and epidemiological characteristics of people bitten by ticks were studied. We collected ticks from 8143 people. Nymphs of I. ricinus were the most frequently collected. Rhipicephalus bursa, R. sanguineus s.l., Hy. marginatum, Hy. lusitanicum, D. marginatus, D. reticulatus and H. punctata were also found, with adults as the main stage. The number of collected Hyalomma spp. and R. bursa has been progressively increasing over time. Although bites occurred throughout the year, the highest number of incidents was reported from April to July. The distribution patterns of the tick species were different between the north and the south of the region, which was related to cases detected in humans of the pathogens they carried. Adult men were more likely to be bitten by ticks than women. Ticks were most frequently removed from adults from the lower limbs, while for children, they were mainly attached to the head. Epidemiological surveillance is essential given the increase in tick populations in recent years, mainly of species potentially carrying pathogens causing emerging diseases in Spain, such as Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever (CCFH). Insects. 2022 May 18;13(5):469. 10.3390/insects13050469 2075-4450 Insects 35621803 http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12105/15181 Tick bites Ixodidae Epidemiology Emerging diseases Spain Identification and Distribution of Human-Biting Ticks in Northwestern Spain