Amblyomma cajennense is an intrastadial biological vector of Theileria equi. [PDF]
BACKGROUND: The apicomplexan hemoprotozoan parasite Theileria equi is one of the etiologic agents causing equine piroplasmosis, a disease of equines that is endemic throughout large parts of the world. Before 2009 the United States had been considered to
Scoles GA, Ueti MW.
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The sialotranscriptome of Amblyomma triste, Amblyomma parvum and Amblyomma cajennense ticks, uncovered by 454-based RNA-seq [PDF]
Background Tick salivary constituents antagonize inflammatory, immune and hemostatic host responses, favoring tick blood feeding and the establishment of tick-borne pathogens in hosts during hematophagy. Amblyomma triste, A. cajennense and A.
Gustavo Rocha Garcia+10 more
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Amblyomma cajennense (Fabricius, 1787) (Acari: Ixodidae), the Cayenne tick: phylogeography and evidence for allopatric speciation. [PDF]
Background: Amblyomma cajennense F. is one of the best known and studied ticks in the New World because of its very wide distribution, its economical importance as pest of domestic ungulates, and its association with a variety of animal and human ...
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Pesquisa de Rickettsia spp em carrapatos Amblyomma cajennense e Amblyomma dubitatum no Estado de São Paulo Survey of Rickettsia spp in the ticks Amblyomma cajennense and Amblyomma dubitatum in the State of São Paulo [PDF]
Foi pesquisada a presença de riquétsias em 3.545 carrapatos Amblyomma cajennense e 2.666 Amblyomma dubitatum. Através do teste de hemolinfa, reação em cadeia pela polimerase e isolamento de rickettsia em cultivo celular, todos os Amblyomma cajennense ...
Richard Campos Pacheco+10 more
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Wild birds as hosts of Amblyomma cajennense (Fabricius, 1787) (Acari: Ixodidae) [PDF]
We evaluated the prevalence, mean intensity and relative density of ticks in 467 wild birds of 67 species (12 families) from forest and cerrado habitats at two protected areas of Minas Gerais, between March and September 1997.
Rosario Rojas+2 more
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Equine Piroplasmosis Associated with Amblyomma cajennense Ticks, Texas, USA [PDF]
We report an outbreak of equine piroplasmosis in southern Texas, USA, in 2009. Infection prevalence reached 100% in some areas (292 infected horses).
Glen A. Scoles+5 more
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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 [PDF]
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+14 more
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Controle estratégico de Amblyomma cajennense (Fabricius, 1787) (acari: xodidae) em eqüinos, Minas Gerais, Brasil - Parte I Strategic control of Amblyomma cajennense (Fabricius, 1787) (acari: ixodidae) on horses, Minas Gerais, Brazil - Part I [PDF]
Objetivou-se verificar a eficiência de um programa de controle estratégico de Amblyomma cajennense em eqüinos sob condições de campo. Os tratamentos carrapaticidas foram realizados a cada sete dias e divididos em dois módulos: o primeiro com início em ...
Arildo P. Da Cunha+6 more
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First record of Rickettsia bellii in Amblyomma varium and Amblyomma goeldii from the Eastern Amazon [PDF]
This study investigated the presence of Rickettsia spp., Ehrlichia spp., Anaplasma spp., and Borrelia spp. DNA in questing ticks collected from a forest fragment under constant anthropogenic pressure in the state of Pará, Brazil. The fragment was divided
Izabela Mesquita Araújo+7 more
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Rickettsia spp. and Anaplasmataceae in Ticks From Domestic Animals in Northern Colombia. [PDF]
ABSTRACT Introduction Tick‐borne diseases have a significant impact on public and animal health and represent a considerable financial burden on livestock farming. However, in many regions of Latin America, comprehensive epidemiological data, including species identification, geographical distribution and molecular profiling of ticks and their ...
Badillo-Viloria M+9 more
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