Diversity of rickettsiae in ticks (Acari: Ixodidae) collected from wild vertebrates in part of the Amazon, Cerrado, and Pantanal biomes in Brazil [PDF]
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 +14 more
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Ticks on wild vertebrates necropsied in a veterinary pathology service in central Brazil: species richness and pathogen screening [PDF]
Revista Brasileira de Parasitologia VeterináriaDuring 2022-2024, fresh carcasses of 35 wild animals from Goiás state and the Federal District, both in central Brazil, were sent to the veterinary pathology service of the University of Brasília.
Igor Silva Silito +6 more
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Bird–tick and human–tick encounters in the Rio Grande Valley (Texas, USA): ecological associations and pathogen detections [PDF]
Parasites & VectorsBackground The tropical climate and diverse vector community allows the Rio Grande Valley (RGV) of South Texas to support many vector-borne pathogen transmission cycles.
Julia Gonzalez +2 more
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Diversity of tick species (Acari: Ixodidae) in military training areas in Southeastern Brazil [PDF]
Revista Brasileira de Parasitologia Veterinária, 2022 Tick-borne pathogens belong to one of the two main groups of occupational biohazards, and occupational exposure to such agents puts soldiers at risk of zoonotic infections, such as those caused by rickettsiae.
Rubens Fabiano Soares Prado +5 more
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Ticks of the Genus Amblyomma and Lice of the Genus Eutrichophilus: Potential Vectors of Brazilian Porcupinepox Virus [PDF]
PathogensBrazilian porcupinepox virus (BPoPV) is a recently described pathogen associated with severe cutaneous and systemic disease in Coendou spp. porcupines, posing potential conservation and zoonotic risks.
Nathana Beatriz Martins +6 more
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Occurrence of Amblyomma longirostre in Cyanocompsa brissonii in Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
Ciencia Rural, 2016 : Ticks are arthropods that are highly competent in transmitting pathogens to animals and humans. Among these, the genus Amblyomma is the most representative within the Neotropics.
Silvia G Monteiro
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Rickettsia parkeri strain Atlantic rainforest in ticks (Acari: Ixodidae) of wild birds in Arauca, Orinoquia region of Colombia [PDF]
International Journal for Parasitology: Parasites and Wildlife, 2020 Birds are important hosts for the development of the immature stages of several tick species that are vectors for disease-causing microorganisms in animals and humans.
Marelid Cardona-Romero +10 more
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Ticks without borders: microbiome of immature neotropical tick species parasitizing migratory songbirds along northern Gulf of Mexico [PDF]
Frontiers in Cellular and Infection MicrobiologyIntroductionThe long-distance, seasonal migrations of birds make them an effective ecological bridge for the movement of ticks. The introduction of exotic tick species to new geographical regions can cause the emergence of novel tick-borne pathogens ...
Shahid Karim +10 more
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Morphological anomalies in hard ticks (Acari: Ixodidae) from Brazil
Ticks and Tick-Borne Diseases, 2023 Tick abnormalities have been unusual in nature, and they can be divided into local and general. In the present study, external morphological anomalies were described in 31 individual adult ticks of 15 different species of Ixodidae, which were collected ...
Hermes R. Luz +13 more
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BioMed Research International, Volume 2018, Issue 1, 2018., 2018 The bacterium Rickettsia bellii belongs to a basal group of rickettsiae that diverged prior to the pathogenic spotted fever group and typhus group Rickettsia species. Despite a diverse representation of R. bellii across more than 25 species of hard and soft ticks in the American continent, phylogeographical relationships among strains of this basal ...
Felipe S. Krawczak +5 more
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