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Mesures agronomiques permettant une diminution des populations de la tique Amblyomma variegatum

Revue d’Elevage et de Médecine Vétérinaire des Pays Tropicaux, 1988
Certaines méthodes d’exploitation des pâturages et des troupeaux pourraient être appliquées avec succès pour diminuer l’infestation du bétail par la tique Amblyomma variegatum.
Nicolas Barré
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Extension de la tique Amblyomma variegatum dans les Antilles : comment expliquer cette grave menace et que faire ?

Revue d’Elevage et de Médecine Vétérinaire des Pays Tropicaux, 1990
L'auteur fait un bref historique de l'introduction et de l'extension de la tique africaine Amblyomma variegatum aux Antilles. Son rôle vecteur dans la cowdriose et son association avec la dermatophilose grave rendent cette tique particulièrement ...
Gerrit Uilenberg
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Molecular detection of tick-borne pathogen diversities in ticks from livestock and reptiles along the shores and adjacent islands of lake Victoria and lake Baringo, Kenya [PDF]

, 2017
Tick-borne pathogens (TBPs) are responsible for some of the most serious emerging infectious diseases facing sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) and the rest of the world today (1, 2).
Ajamma, Allsopp, Altschul, Andoh, Bengis, Burgdorfer, Burridge, Collins, Cook, Crowder, Crump, Dantas-Torres, Daszak, de la Fuente, De Sousa, Drummond, Dunster, Fyumagwa, Ghai, Gortazar, Gubbels, Guindon, Hess, Homewood, Horak, Hornok, Kamani, Kariuki, Katoh, Kearse, Kelly, Kiara, Kipkorir, Kock, Kumsa, Latif, Latif, Lwande, Machado-Ferreira, Maina, Maina, Mati, Matsumoto, Maxwell, Mediannikov, Miller, Minakawa, Mokrani, Morzaria, Moumouni, Mukhebi, Mwamuye, Ngumi, Njiiri, Norval, Nowak, Olwoch, Omondi, Onchuru, Oura, Parola, Parola, Punyua, Rosenstein, Rubaire-Akiiki, Saitou, Sang, Sang, Thumbi, Tigoi, Tijsse-Klassen, Tokarz, Trout Fryxell, Uilenberg, Walker, Walker, Walker, Walker, Wanzala, Wanzala, Wen, Wesonga, Wesonga, Whiley, Wiethoelter, Zhu   +85 more
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Etude sur les tiques du bétail en Guadeloupe et Martinique 1. Les tiques et leur distribution (Acariens, ixodoidea)

Revue d’Elevage et de Médecine Vétérinaire des Pays Tropicaux, 1966
Les tiques parasites des animaux domestiques en Guadeloupe et Martinique sont les suivantes: Amblyomma variegatum (présent partout en Guadeloupe, localisé en Martinique; tous les stades sur le bétail), Boophilus microplus (commun sur le bétail ...
Pierre-Claude Morel
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Rickettsia africae in the West Indies

Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2006
Rickettsia africae is the agent of African tick-bite fever, a mild but common disease of local persons and tourists in Africa. The major vector of this spotted fever group rickettsia is most likely Amblyomma variegatum, the tropical bont tick, which has ...
Patrick J. Kelly
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Tick‐Tac‐Foe: When Ticks, Trade, and Zoonotic Pathogens Align in African Wet Meat Markets

Public Health Challenges, Volume 5, Issue 2, June 2026.
ABSTRACT Zoonotic diseases account for over ∼60% of infectious diseases and present a significantly growing fatality threat in Africa. Live and wet markets (LWMs) in Africa function as key economic venues that support human livelihoods through social interaction and trade in food stuff, including meat and other animal‐based products.
Allen Takudzwa Munaro
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Diversity, Host Attachment Preferences and Role of Tick Rhipicephalus microplus in the Transmission of Bartonella spp. and Rickettsia spp. in Cattle From Southern Benin

Veterinary Medicine and Science, Volume 12, Issue 3, May 2026.
Ticks infesting cattle in Southern Benin were investigated for diversity, attachment preferences and zoonotic bacteria. Among 2210 ticks collected from 540 cattle, Rhipicephalus microplus predominated (79.6%). Ticks mainly attached to ears, axillae and trunk. PCR detection revealed Bartonella spp. and Rickettsia spp., highlighting veterinary and public
Minassou Juvénal Ahouandjinou, Zul‐kifl Affolabi, Steve Zinsou Hougbe, Koffi Djigbodi Koumodji, Prudenciène A. Agboho, Zinsou Côme Koukpo, Arsène Jacques Fassinou, Saïd Chitou, Linda Towakinou, Filémon Tokponnon, Martin Akogbeto, Razaki A. Ossè   +11 more
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Epidemiological Distribution of Major Ectoparasites Species of Small Ruminant in the Case of Chemical Control Campaign in Welkait District, Tigray Region, Ethiopia

Journal of Tropical Medicine, 2020
A cross-sectional study was carried out from November 2016 to May 2017 to identify the major ectoparasites species and potential risk factors in Welkait district western part of Tigray region.
Berhe Leul, Afera Berihun, Kebede Etsay
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Tickborne Arbovirus Surveillance in Market Livestock, Nairobi, Kenya

Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2006
To identify tickborne viruses circulating in Kenya and the surrounding region, we conducted surveillance at abattoirs in Nairobi, Kenya. Species of ticks collected included Rhipicephalus pulchellus (56%), Amblyomma gemma (14%), R. appendiculatus (8%), A.
Rosemary Sang, Clayton Onyango, John Gachoya, Ernest Mabinda, Samson Konongoi, Victor Ofula, Lee Dunster, Fred Okoth, Rodney Coldren, Robert B. Tesh, Amelia Travassos da Rosa, Stacy Finkbeiner, David Wang, Mary Crabtree, Barry Miller   +14 more
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Genetic diversity of Amblyomma variegatum (Acari:Ixodidae), the main vector of Ehrlichia ruminantium in Indian Ocean Islands [PDF]

, 2012
The hard ticks Amblyomma variegatum is the main vector of Ehrlichia ruminantium which is the pathogen responsible for heartwater or cowdriosis, a disease of ruminants. This tick originates from sub-Saharan Africa and is now widely widespread.
Asnaoui, M., Cardinale, Eric, Dupraz, Marlene, Girard, S., Grimaud, Yannick, Huber, Karine, Jacquet, Stéphanie, Martinez, Dominique, Stachurski, Frédéric, Vachiery, Nathalie   +9 more
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