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Density and behavior of capybara (Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris) ticks (Acari: Ixodidae) Amblyomma sculptum and Amblyomma dubitatum with notes on Rickettsia bellii infection: Assessing human exposure risk

Ticks and Tick-Borne Diseases
In several urban and peri‑urban areas of Brazil, populations of Amblyomma sculptum and Amblyomma dubitatum ticks are maintained by capybaras (Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris).
Matias P.J. Szabó, Caroline Lopes Queiroz, Adriane Suzin, Vinicius da Silva Rodrigues, Raíssa Brauner Kamla Vieira, Maria Marlene Martins, Lais Miguel Rezende, Ana Carolina P. Sousa, Vanessa do Nascimento Ramos, Fernanda Marinho Muraro, Lais Keocheguerian Fernandes, Lorena C.M. Santos, Rodrigo da Costa Maia, Amanda Ferreira Rezende   +13 more
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Rickettsia amblyommii infecting Amblyomma sculptum in endemic spotted fever area from southeastern Brazil [PDF]

Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, 2015
The Rickettsia bacteria include the aetiological agents for the human spotted fever (SF) disease. In the present study, a SF groupRickettsia amblyommii related bacterium was detected in a field collected Amblyomma sculptum (Amblyomma cajennense species ...
Emília de Carvalho Nunes, Vinicius Figueiredo Vizzoni, Daniel Leal Navarro, Felipe Campos de Melo Iani, Liliane Silva Durães, Erik Daemon, Carlos Augusto Gomes Soares, Gilberto Salles Gazeta   +7 more
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Artificial feeding of partially engorged Amblyomma sculptum females through capillaries*

Brazilian Journal of Veterinary Medicine, 2016
. Abel I., Cunha N.C., Rangel C.P., Corrêa F.N. & Fonseca A.H. Artificial feeding of partially engorged Amblyomma sculptum females through capillaries. [Alimentação artificial de fêmeas parcialmente ingurgitadas de Amblyomma sculptum, por meio de tubos ...
Isis Abel, Nathalie Costa da Cunha, Charles Passos Rangel, Fabíola do Nascimento Corrêa, Adivaldo Henrique da Fonseca   +4 more
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Amblyomma sculptum Berlese 1888

, 2023
111. Amblyomma sculptum Berlese, 1888. Neotropical: 1) Argentina, 2) Bolivia, 3) Brazil, 4) Paraguay (Nava et al. 2014 a, Martins et al. 2016, Tarragona et al. 2018, Guglielmone et al. 2021).
Nava, Santiago, Robbins, Richard G., Guglielmone, Alberto A.   +2 more
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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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Bats used as hosts by Amblyomma sculptum (Acari: Ixodidae) in Northeastern Brazil and its implications on tick-borne diseases [PDF]

Zoologia (Curitiba), 2020
Amblyomma Koch, 1844 is distributed worldwide, with ca. 130 species currently recognized. These ticks are vectors of pathogens to animals and humans, including the causative agent of the New World Rocky Mountain spotted fever ...
Roberto Leonan M. Novaes, Fernanda M. Alves, Renan F. Souza, Rafael S. Laurindo, Ricardo Moratelli   +4 more
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First description of conspecific hyperparasitism in Amblyomma sculptum.

Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases, 2022
The present study reports a case of conspecific hyperparasitism for Amblyomma sculptum. Two partially engorged females were collected from two naturally infested dairy cows and placed in a single petri dish to be transported to the laboratory, where they
D. S. Rodrigues, M. Labruna, L. Ferreira, R. C. Leite   +3 more
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Additional file 1 of Seasonal dynamics of Amblyomma sculptum: a review

, 2022
Additional file 1: Table S1. Additional data on collection methodology applied by Amblyomma sculptum seasonal dynamic studies between 1990 and ...
Artur de Oliveira Franco (12810037), Caio Monteiro (12810040), Marcelo Bahia Labruna (7453547), Luiza Gabriella Ferreira de Paula (12810031), Matias Pablo Juan Szabó (6048464), Rafael Moreira do Nascimento (12810034), Felipe da Silva Krawczak (12810043)   +6 more
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Gut membrane proteins as candidate antigens for immunization of mice against the tick Amblyomma sculptum. [PDF]

Vaccine
Amblyomma sculptum is widely distributed in Brazil and is the main vector of Rickettsia rickettsii, the causative agent of the Brazilian spotted fever (BSF).
Costa GCA, Ribeiro ICT, Giunchetti RC, Gontijo NF, Sant'Anna MRV, Pereira MH, Pessoa GCD, Koerich LB, Oliveira F, Valenzuela JG, Fujiwara RT, Bartholomeu DC, Araujo RN.   +12 more
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Additional file 2 of Seasonal dynamics of Amblyomma sculptum: a review

, 2022
Additional file 2: Table S2. Results from Amblyomma sculptum seasonal dynamic studies between 1990 and 2022 and mean photoperiod (PP: daylight length in hours) at the time of highest availability of each active ...
Artur de Oliveira Franco (12810037), Caio Monteiro (12810040), Marcelo Bahia Labruna (7453547), Luiza Gabriella Ferreira de Paula (12810031), Matias Pablo Juan Szabó (6048464), Rafael Moreira do Nascimento (12810034), Felipe da Silva Krawczak (12810043)   +6 more
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