Characterization of the bacterial microbiome of Amblyomma scalpturatum and Amblyomma ovale collected from Tapirus terrestris and Amblyomma sabanerae collected from Chelonoidis denticulata, Madre de Dios- Peru [PDF]
BMC Microbiology, 2022 Background Ticks are arthropods that can host and transmit pathogens to wild animals, domestic animals, and even humans. The microbiome in ticks is an endosymbiotic, pathogenic and is yet to be fully understood. Results Adult male Amblyomma scalpturatum (
Jesús Rojas-Jaimes +3 more
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Records and altitudinal assessment of Amblyomma aureolatum and Amblyomma ovale (Acari: Ixodidae) in the State of Rio de Janeiro, southeast Brazil [PDF]
Parasites & Vectors, 2022 Information on the altitudinal distribution of the hard ticks Amblyomma aureolatum and Amblyomma ovale in Brazil is scarce and mainly limited to occasional records.
João L. H. Faccini +5 more
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Molecular Confirmation of Rickettsia parkeri in Amblyomma ovale Ticks, Veracruz, Mexico [PDF]
Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2019 We found Rickettsia parkeri in Amblyomma ovale ticks collected in Veracruz, Mexico, in 2018. We sequenced gene segments of gltA, htrA, sca0, and sca5; phylogenetic reconstruction revealed near-complete identity with R. parkeri strain Atlantic Rainforest.
Sokani Sánchez-Montes +15 more
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Eco-epidemiological analysis of Rickettsia parkeri in domestic dogs and Amblyomma ovale ticks in the Atlantic rainforest of Northeast Brazil [PDF]
Revista Brasileira de Parasitologia VeterináriaIn Brazil, spotted fever (SF) is caused by two species of Rickettsia, both of which are transmitted by Amblyomma ticks: Rickettsia rickettsii, which results in severe and often fatal cases, and Rickettsia parkeri, which causes a mild illness.
Michellin Pereira de Albuquerque +6 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]
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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A new Echimyidae (Mammalia, Rodentia) host of Amblyomma ovale Koch, 1844 in the eastern Brazilian Amazon, and a pathogen survey [PDF]
Revista Brasileira de Parasitologia VeterináriaThe genus Amblyomma has the largest number of tick species in the Neotropical region. Amblyomma ovale displays high ecological plasticity and can be found in different habitats and a variety of vertebrate hosts.
Darlison Chagas-de-Souza +6 more
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Complementary data on four methods for sampling free-living ticks in the Brazilian Pantanal [PDF]
Revista Brasileira de Parasitologia Veterinária, 2014 In this study, four methods for sampling free-living ticks that are used in ecological and human tick-bite risk studies were evaluated. Cloth dragging, carbon dioxide traps and visual searches and inspection of plant litter on the ground were used in ...
Vanessa do Nascimento Ramos +3 more
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Ticks infesting wild small rodents in three areas of the state of São Paulo, Brazil [PDF]
Ciência Rural, 2016 : From May to September 2011, a total of 138 wild rodents of the Cricetidae family were collected in the cities of Anhembi, Bofete and Torre de Pedra, in São Paulo State.
Thiago Fernandes Martins +8 more
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A human case of spotted fever caused by Rickettsia parkeri strain Atlantic rainforest and its association to the tick Amblyomma ovale [PDF]
Parasites & Vectors, 2019 Background Rickettsia parkeri strain Atlantic rainforest has emerged in Brazil during the last 10 years, with three laboratory-confirmed human cases. While these cases were epidemiologically associated with the tick Amblyomma ovale, in none of them the ...
Anaiá da Paixão Sevá +7 more
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Simultaneous infestations in dogs by different tick species (Acari: Ixodidae) in two areas of the Western Brazilian Amazon [PDF]
Revista Brasileira de Parasitologia VeterináriaAlthough there are reports on many species of ticks infesting dogs, including from the Amazon region, simultaneous infestations by different species are poorly discussed in the literature.
Ivaneide Nunes da Costa +7 more
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