National Laboratory
for Health Security
HUNGARY

Mystery tick has caused alarm in Hungary

News of a "dangerous albino tick" has hit the internet recently, with some sources claiming that a previously unknown species of tick has appeared in Hungary and could be a vector for Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever.

Gábor Földvári was interviewed by Origo.

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(Intro: Origo, photo: OZGUR KEREM BULUR/SCIENCE PHOTO)