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Ticks and rickettsiae from wildlife in Belize, Central America. [PDF]

Parasit Vectors, 2016
\ud \ud Background\ud The agents of spotted fevers in Latin America are Rickettsia rickettsii, R. parkeri, Rickettsia sp. strain Atlantic rainforest, and R. massiliae.
Lopes MG, May Junior J, Foster RJ, Harmsen BJ, Sanchez E, Martins TF, Quigley H, Marcili A, Labruna MB.   +8 more
europepmc   +4 more sources

New hard tick (Acari: Ixodidae) reports and detection of Rickettsia in ticks from Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, Colombia. [PDF]

Exp Appl Acarol
The Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta (SNSM), located in northern Colombia, is considered a geographical island with high levels of biodiversity and endemism. However, little is known about tick species and their associated microorganisms at the SNSM. In this
Oviedo Á, Rodríguez MM, Flores FS, Castro LR.   +3 more
europepmc   +3 more sources

Host specificity in a diverse Neotropical tick community: an assessment using quantitative network analysis and host phylogeny. [PDF]

Parasit Vectors, 2016
Background: Host specificity is a fundamental determinant of tick population and pathogen transmission dynamics, and therefore has important implications for human health.
Esser HJ, Herre EA, Blüthgen N, Loaiza JR, Bermúdez SE, Jansen PA.   +5 more
europepmc   +4 more sources

Potential species distribution and richness of ixodidae ticks associated with wild vertebrates from Michoacán, Mexico [PDF]

, 2014
Ticks are regarded as the most relevant vectors of disease-causing pathogens in domestic and wild animals. The diversity of Ixodidae is known for a very small number of genera.
Avila-Val, Teresita, Lara-Chávez, Blanca, Larrazábal, Alejandra, Priego-Santander, Angel G., Sosa-Gutiérrez, Carolina G., Vargas-Sandoval, Margarita   +5 more
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Coxiella burnetii Infection in Livestock, Pets, Wildlife, and Ticks in Latin America and the Caribbean: a Comprehensive Review of the Literature [PDF]

, 2023
Purpose of the Review Q fever , a bacterial zoonosis caused by Coxiella burnetii, is reported very heterogeneously in humans in Latin America. The objective of this study was to review the data on Coxiella burnetii Infection in animals in Latin America ...
Baudrimont, Xavier, Cicuttin, Gabriel Leonardo, Couesnon, Aurelie, Davoust, Bernard, De Lemos, Elba R. Sampaio, De Santi, Vincent Pommier, De Souza Ribeiro Mioni, Mateus, De Thoisy, Benoit, Destoop, Justin, Djossou, Felix, Donato, Damien, Duron, Olivier, Epelboin, Loïc, Fernandes, Jorlan, Guilloton, Edith, Guterres, Alexandro, Lavergne, Anne, Marié, Jean Lou, Millán, Javier, Nacher, Mathieu, Omar, Salma, Rabier, Sebastien, Roch, Antoine, Rousset, Elodie, Rozental, Tatiana, Saout, Mona   +25 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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Relationships of South American marsupials (Didelphimorphia, Microbiotheria and Paucituberculata) and hard ticks (Acari: Ixodidae) with distribution of four species of Ixodes [PDF]

, 2011
Historical information shows that South American marsupials are irrelevant hosts for South American hard ticks (Ixodidae Murray) of the genera Haemaphysalis Koch, Rhipicephalus Koch and Dermacentor Koch.
Díaz, María Mónica, Guglielmone, Alberto Alejandro, Nava, Santiago   +2 more
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Ticks (Acari: Ixodidae) as ectoparasites of Brazilian wild birds and their association with rickettsial diseases [PDF]

, 2016
Ticks (Acari: Ixodidae) are obligatory hematophagous ectoparasites of a variety of vertebrate hosts and play an important role in the transmission and ecology of infectious pathogens causing diseases in humans and animals worldwide.
Ogrzewalska, Maria, Pinter, Adriano
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Identificación de ectoparásitos en Oso melero (Tamandua tetradactyla), Estado Lara, Venezuela [PDF]

, 2013
RESUMENObjetivo. Identificar especies de ectoparásitos encontrados parasitando naturalmente un Oso melero, el cual fue encontrado muriendo en una vía cercana al pueblo de Bobare, estado Lara, Venezuela. Materiales y métodos.
Forlano R, María, Gallardo Y, Johanmary, Mujica L, Franklin, Rodríguez L, José   +3 more
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Identificación molecular de garrapatas y detección de sus patógenos asociados en fincas de ganado bovino, Panamá [PDF]

, 2022
Uno de los organismos que se encuentra afectado por la parasitosis de garrapatas es el bovino; estos arácnidos se han convertido en una de las problemáticas más recurrentes de la industria ganadera en la mayoría de los hatos bovinos del mundo, incluyendo
Bernal López, Kiria Jearim
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