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Ticks (Acari: Ixodidae) and tick-borne agents associated with domestic dogs in an environmental protection area in Brazil, with molecular evidence of Rhipicephalus linnaei (Audouin, 1826) [PDF]

Revista Brasileira de Parasitologia Veterinária
Wild animals and domestic dogs living in human dwellings near forested areas can share ectoparasites, including ticks. In this study, we surveyed ticks associated with dogs which tutors living in the Palmares Environmental Protection Area (EPA Palmares).
Hélio Freitas Santos, Walter Flausino, Thiago Fernandes Martins, Igor Silva Silito, Hermes Ribeiro Luz, Maria Carolina de Azevedo Serpa, Marcelo Bahia Labruna, João Luiz Horacio Faccini   +7 more
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Temporal and Spatial Analysis of Vector-Tick Borne Spotted Fever in the State of São Paulo

Zoonotic Diseases
Brazilian spotted fever (BSF) is a tick-borne acute febrile disease that can be lethal to humans, caused by the bacterium Rickettsia rickettsii. In the State of São Paulo, transmission occurs mainly through two tick species: Amblyomma sculptum and ...
Daniele Rosa Xavier de Melo, Michellin Pereira de Albuquerque, Fabricio dos Santos Menezes, Sílvia von Tiesenhausen de Sousa-Carmo, Adriano Pinter   +4 more
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DETECTION OF A Rickettsia GENOTYPE RELATED TO THE OLD WORLD INFECTING Amblyomma sculptum TICK IN AN ENDEMIC AREA OF BRAZILIAN SPOTTED FEVER [PDF]

, 2019
Brazilian Spotted Fever is an important tick-borne disease caused by Rickettsia rickettsii and transmitted mainly by the human-biting tick Amblyomma sculptum.
Oliveira, Stefan, Sato, Tayra, Amorim, Marinete, Gazêta, Gilberto, Vizzoni, Vinícius, Silva, Arannadia, Moura-Martiniano, Nicole, Duré, Ana Íris   +7 more
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New records of amblyomma sculptum (acari: ixodidae) in the Northeast of Argentina

, 2018
Introducción: Amblyomma sculptum Berlese, 1888 es una garrapata que parasita tanto mamíferos silvestres, como domésticos e incluso al hombre. Es considerada el principal vector de Rickettsia rickettsii, agente causal de fiebre mancha en Sudamérica, en ...
Tarragona, Evelina L., Benítez Ibalo, Alicia Paola, Debárbora, Valeria Natalia, Martínez, Emilia Irina   +3 more
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Complementary data on four methods for sampling free-living ticks in the Brazilian Pantanal

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, Carolina Fonseca Osava, Ubiratan Piovezan, Matias Pablo Juan Szabó   +3 more
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Amblyomma sculptum EM VEADO-MATEIRO (Mazama americana) NO CERRADO [PDF]

Os carrapatos, especialmente do gênero Amblyomma, afetam gravemente a saúde do veado-mateiro (Mazama americana), uma espécie vulnerável nas regiões do Cerrado e Pantanal, transmitindo doenças como babesiose e anaplasmose. A fragmentação dos habitats e as
Maria Beltrán Zapa , Dina, De Souza Quevedo , Lucas, Luiz Santos, Lucas Caetano, Miranda Ferreira de Carvalho , Daiane Cristina, Lima Martins, Isabella   +4 more
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Reassessment of the taxonomic status of Amblyomma cajennense (Fabricius, 1787) with the description of three new species, Amblyomma tonelliae n. sp., Amblyomma interandinum n. sp. and Amblyomma patinoi n. sp., and reinstatement of Amblyomma mixtum Koch, 1844, and Amblyomma sculptum Berlese, 1888 (Ixodida: Ixodidae)

, 2014
A reassessment of the taxonomic status of Amblyomma cajennense based on the morphological analyses of ticks from the whole distribution area of the species resulted in the redescription of A. cajennense, the validation of 2 species which had been reduced
Nava, Santiago, Labruna, Marcelo B., Labruna, Marcelo Bahia, Guglielmone, Alberto Alejandro, Mangold, Atilio Jose, Mangold, Atilio J., Beati, Lorenza, Guglielmone, Alberto A., Lorenza, Beati, Guglielmone, Alberto, Cáceres, Abraham G.   +10 more
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Do Commercial Insect Repellents Provide Protection against the Tick <i>Amblyomma sculptum</i> (Acari: Ixodidae)? [PDF]

Pathogens, 2023
de Barcelos BR, Coelho NGSS, Santos MMB, Vale FL, Teixeira ALC, Pereira E Souza LM, Zeringóta V, de Oliveira Monteiro CM, Eugenio CUO, Obara MT.   +9 more
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Genetic profile and susceptibility of different Amblyomma sculptum tick populations to infection by Rickettsia rickettsia pathogen

, 2016
Recentemente, o táxon Amblyomma cajennense sofreu uma divisão sistemática, através de estudos morfológicos, moleculares e biológicos. No Brasil, Amblyomma sculptum (pertencente ao complexo Amblyomma cajennense) tem sua importância em saúde pública ...
Gerardi, Monize
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Effect of environmental variables on the abundance of Amblyomma ticks, potential vectors of Rickettsia parkeri in central Brazil.

PLoS ONE
Amblyomma ticks are vectors of both Rickettsia rickettsii and R. parkeri in the Americas, where capybaras (Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris) are the main hosts in urban areas, thus contributing to the transmission of spotted fever.
Isadora R C Gomes, Rodrigo Gurgel-Gonçalves, Gilberto S Gazeta, Ana B P Borsoi, Karla Bitencourth, Letícia F Leite, Nathália G S S Coelho, Ricardo Dislich, Helga C Wiederhecker, Eduardo G Santos, Melina Guimarães   +10 more
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