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Intra- and interspecific variation of Amblyomma ticks from southern Africa [PDF]

Parasites & Vectors
Background Amblyomma spp. ticks, known for their long mouthparts, bright ornate appearance and aggressive hunting behaviour, are vectors of a number of important pathogens. In southern Africa, 17 Amblyomma spp. are currently documented. Of these species,
Andeliza Smit, Fernando Mulandane, Martinet Labuschagne, Stephané Heike Wójick, Choolwe Malabwa, Gourgelia Sili, Stephen Mandara, Zinathi Dlamkile, Rebecca Ackermann, Hannah Rose Vineer, Wilhelm Heinrich Stoltsz, Karine Huber, Ivan Gerard Horak, Darshana Morar-Leather, Benjamin Lawrence Makepeace, Luis Neves   +15 more
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Molecular detection of Cercopithifilaria, Cruorifilaria and Dipetalonema-like filarial nematodes in ticks of French Guiana

Parasite, 2023
Filarial nematodes of the Dipetalonema lineage are widespread parasites and include some species that are transmitted by ticks. In this study, we conducted a large molecular survey of ticks in French Guiana, South America, to understand the overall ...
Binetruy Florian, Duron Olivier
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Diversity of rickettsiae in ticks (Acari: Ixodidae) collected from wild vertebrates in part of the Amazon, Cerrado, and Pantanal biomes in Brazil

Revista Brasileira de Parasitologia Veterinária, 2023
Ticks parasitizing 102 wild animals in the states of Mato Grosso and Goiás, Brazil were collected between 2015 and 2018. A total of 2338 ticks (865 males, 541 females, 823 nymphs, and 109 larvae) belonging to four genera (Amblyomma, Dermacentor ...
Anny Carolina Prati, Maerle Oliveira Maia, Thiago Fernandes Martins, Thaís Oliveira Morgado, Sandra Helena Ramiro Corrêa, Edson Junior Figueiredo Mendes, Rosa Helena dos Santos Ferraz, Jessica Rhaiza Mudrek, Christine Strüssmann, Dirceu Guilherme de Souza Ramos, Thiago Borges Fernandes Semedo, Make Kawatake Minetto, Daniel Moura de Aguiar, Richard Campos Pacheco, Andréia Lima Tomé Melo   +14 more
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BIOLOGICAL CONTROL OF TICKS IN SMALL SCALE DAIRY FARMS IN THE SUDAN [PDF]

Arab Universities Journal of Agricultural Sciences, 2008
Twenty dairy cows belonged to four small holder were put under study, to investigate the efficiency of using scavenger chicken (baladi) as biological control of ticks and their borne diseases.
Hassabo A A
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Predicting the potential distribution of Amblyomma americanum (Acari: Ixodidae) infestation in New Zealand, using maximum entropy-based ecological niche modelling [PDF]

, 2020
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Ganta, RR, Heath, ACG, Lawrence, KE, Peterson, AT, Pomroy, WE, Raghavan, RK   +5 more
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Infecção por riquétsias em carrapatos de aves silvestres em duas ecorregiões da Argentina [PDF]

, 2016
Several tick-borne Rickettsia species are recognized human pathogens in Argentina. Here we evaluated rickettsial infection in ticks collected on passerine birds during 2011-2012 in two eco-regions of Argentina.
Borges Costa, Francisco, Diaz, Luis Adrian, Flores, Fernando Sebastián, Labruna, Marcelo Bahía, Nava, Santiago   +4 more
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Ticks and tick-associated spotted fever group Rickettsia from birds in the southwestern Brazilian Amazon

Revista Colombiana de Ciencias Pecuarias, 2018
Background: South American birds are known to play a significant role in life cycles of various hard ticks, particularly within Amblyomma genus. However, the tick fauna from the Amazon region has been poorly studied, being limited to very few studies ...
Mirna Amoêdo Lima, Thiago Fernandes Martins, Sebastián Muñoz-Leal, Edson Guilherme, Maria Ogrzewalska, Marcelo Bahia Labruna   +5 more
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Tick Infestation, Distribution, Identification, and Risk Factors on Large Ruminants in Southern Regions of Pakistan

Journal of Bioresource Management, 2023
The livestock sector plays fundamental role in Pakistan's economy, and a variety of ruminants (cattle and buffaloes) are raised to meet the rising demand for milk, meat, and hide goods.
Muhammad Jamil, Muhammad Imran, Mukhtar Ahmad , Fawad Ahmad , Mubarik Ali   +4 more
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Notas de ixodologia: V - A propósito da validade de algumas espécies do gênero Amblyomma do continente americano (Acari: Ixodídoe)

Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, 1953
a) The species Amblyomma tapiri Tonelli Rondelli, 1937 and Amblyomma finitimum Tonelli Rondelli, 1937 are synonymous with Amblyomma cajennense Fabricius, 1787.
Henrique B. Aragão, Flávio da Fonseca
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High prevalence of Rickettsia africae variants in Amblyomma variegatum ticks from domestic mammals in rural western Kenya: implications for human health [PDF]

, 2014
Tick-borne spotted fever group (SFG) rickettsioses are emerging human diseases caused by obligate intracellular Gram-negative bacteria of the genus Rickettsia.
Ade, Fredrick, Breiman, Robert F., Cleaveland, Sarah, Cutler, Sally J., Feikin, Daniel R., Jiang, Ju, Knobel, Darryn L., Maina, Alice N., Mpoke, Solomon, Ng'ang'a, Zipporah, Njenga, M. Kariuki, Ogola, Eric, Omulo, Sylvia A., Richards, Allen L.   +13 more
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