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Genotypic Characterization of Rickettsia bellii Reveals Distinct Lineages in the United States and South America

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, Marcelo B. Labruna, Joy A. Hecht, Christopher D. Paddock, Sandor E. Karpathy, Stephan Koblmüller   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Ticks in wild animals at a resort and the first documentation of Amblyomma sculptum infesting Emu (Dromaius novaehollandiae)

Revista Brasileira de Parasitologia Veterinária, 2019
The study aimed to identify species of ticks present in the environment and among captive animals, in Mangaratiba, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Ticks were isolated from captive animals by manual examination and free-living ticks in the environment were ...
Izabela Mesquita Araújo, Paulo Cesar Magalhães-Matos, Matheus Dias Cordeiro, Adlilton Pacheco, Bruno Silva Rocha, Luis Felipe Barbosa Braga Feitoza, Argemiro Sanavria, Adivaldo Henrique Fonseca   +7 more
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A meta-analysis of host specificity in Neotropical hard ticks (Acari: Ixodidae) [PDF]

, 2013
Host specificity of Neotropical hard ticks (Acari: Ixodidae) was analyzed by using the number of hosts species for each tick species and the index of host specificity STD*, which integrates phylogenetic and ecological information. The analyses were based
A.A. Guglielmone, Balashov, Barquez, Brooks, Brooks, Clements, Francés, Guglielmone, Guglielmone, Guglielmone, Guglielmone, Hoogstraal, Hoogstraal, Hoogstraal, Kethley, Pardiñas, Poulin, S. Nava, Wilson   +18 more
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Brazilian Spotted Fever with an Approach in Veterinary Medicine and One Health Perspective

Veterinary Medicine International, Volume 2016, Issue 1, 2016., 2016
There is increasing interaction between man and pathogens transmitted by arthropods, especially by ticks. It is on this background that a holistic approach stands out, for the sake of Public Health. Brazilian Spotted Fever is an endemic disease at the country’s southeast, with Amblyomma sculptum as its major contributor, followed by A.
Sabrina Destri Emmerick Campos, Nathalie Costa da Cunha, Nádia Regina Pereira Almosny, Francesca Mancianti   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Dubious presence of Bartonella bacilliformis in ticks from Madre de Dios, Peru

BMC Research Notes, 2019
Bartonella bacilliformis has recently been described in Amblyomma scalpturatum, Amblyomma ovale and Rhipicephalus microplus collected from wild animals in the Peruvian region of Madre de Dios. In this communication, I will discuss the results of a recent
Joaquim Ruiz
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Identification of Amblyomma ovale Koch, 1844 (Acari: Ixodidae) in a Bloodhound Dog from Oaxaca, Mexico

Parasitologia, 2022
An adult engorged female of the hard tick Amblyomma ovale was found during a routine examination of a bloodhound dog in a private clinic from a small community in the state of Oaxaca, in Southern Mexico. Previously, this tick species had been identified in dogs from four states in the country, where it has been involved as a carrier of Rickettsia spp ...
Vicente Homero González-Álvarez, Consuelo Almazán   +1 more
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Rickettsia parkeri strain Atlantic rainforest infecting Amblyomma ovale (Acari: Ixodidae) in the Amazon Biome (Acre state, Brazil)

Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases, 2022
There is a lack of studies regarding tick-associated Rickettsia in the Amazon biome. Aiming to contribute to this knowledge, our research group collected ticks in the Western Amazon to better understand the tick fauna and their associated Rickettsia.
André de Abreu Rangel, Aguirre, Ivaneide Nunes, da Costa, Paula Frassinetti Medeiros, de Paulo, Marcos Valério, Garcia, Jansen Fernandes, Medeiros   +4 more
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Molecular detection of hemoprotozoa and Rickettsia species in arthropods collected from wild animals in the Burgos Province, Spain [PDF]

, 2010
Limited information on the presence of bacterial and hematozoan infections in parasitic arthropods from Spain is available. In an attempt to address this issue, the prevalence of Theileria, Babesia, Hepatozoon, and Rickettsia species was investigated by ...
Casado, Nieves, Criado, Angel, Domínguez-Peñafiel, Gerardo, Gegúndez, Maria Isabep, Giménez-Pardo, Consuelo, Lledó, Lourdes, Sousa, Rita   +6 more
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Occurrence of Amblyomma sculptum and Amblyomma ovale ticks (Acari: Ixodidae) in the state of Paraná - Brazil

Acta Scientiarum: Biological Sciences
Amblyomma sculptum and Amblyomma ovale are ticks (Acari: Ixodidae) that commonly bite humans and are associated with Spotted Fever (SF). The objective of this study was to conduct a literature review of articles indexed in the Web of Science ...
Adriane Suzin, Nicole Geraldine de Paula Marques Witt, Otacílio Lopes de Souza da Paz, Larissa Warnavin   +3 more
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Soroprevalência de Borrelia burgdorferi latu sensu associada à presença de carrapatos em cães de áreas rurais do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, Brasil [PDF]

Ciência Rural, 2004
Pesquisou-se a presença de anticorpos contra Borrelia burgdorferi latu sensu em cães de áreas rurais de sete municípios do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, pelo ensaio imunoenzimático indireto, associando-se os resultados com a presença de carrapatos nestes ...
Lucia Helena O'Dwyer, Cleber Oliveira Soares, Carlos Luiz Massard, José Carlos Pereira de Souza, Walter Flausino, Adivaldo Henrique da Fonseca   +5 more
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