Acknowledgements
We are grateful to all citizen scientists who took part in the project
and helped with submitting photos, ticks or data. We would like to
acknowledge Kornél Baráth and Attila Ádám for providing theHyalomma specimens. We thank Zoltán Soltész for his advice on the
citizen science project and the excellent work of Eszter Draskóczy who
played a crucial role in reaching society through the appropriate media
appearances. The help of Sonia A. Olmeda and Félix Valcárcel in
confirming our morphological identification of the two Hyalommaspecimens is much appreciated.
Keywords: Crimean-Congo Haemorrhagic Fever, DAMA protocol,
emerging infectious diseases, imported ticks, Hungary, Hyalomma adult