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Integrative taxonomy of Afrotropical Ornithodoros (Ornithodoros) (Acari: Ixodida: Argasidae) [PDF]

open access: yesTicks and Tick-borne Diseases, 2018
Afrotropical Ornithodoros (Ornithodoros) ticks are revised based on qualitative morphology of females and nymphs, as well as tarsus I shape outlines of females measured in a geometric morphometric framework. These lines of evidence corroborate lineages based on 16S rRNA nucleotide sequence data. Four previously unrecognized species are described, along
Deon K Bakkes, Abdalla A Latif
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First Report of Newly Identified Ornithodoros Species in the Republic of Korea

open access: yesJournal of Parasitology, 2020
Ticks and tick-borne diseases are important issues worldwide because of their effects on animal and human health. The genus Ornithodoros, which is included in the family Argasidae, is typically associated with wild animals, including seabirds.
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Hyperparasitism in Ornithodoros erraticus

The Journal of Parasitology, 1983
Hyperparasitism is common in laboratory colonies of Egyptian Ornithodoros erraticus whether the ticks are on or off the rodent host. Sex, recent engorgement, and size appear to be major factors in this feeding relationship. Males, and nymphs that produced males (N-male), parasitized females and nymphs that produced females (N-female) more frequently ...
N, Helmy, G M, Khalil, H, Hoogstraal
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Borrelia crocidurae in Ornithodoros ticks from northwestern Morocco: a range extension in relation to climatic change?

open access: yesJournal of Vector Ecology, 2014
Tick-borne relapsing fever (TBRF) is caused by Borrelia spirochetes transmitted to humans by Argasid soft ticks of the genus Ornithodoros. We investigated the presence of Ornithodoros ticks in rodent burrows in nine sites of the Gharb region of ...
Driss Belghyti, M'Hammed Sarih
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Ornithodoros moubata: Breeding in vitro

Experimental Parasitology, 1977
Abstract In vitro breeding of Ornithodoros moubata (Murray) was achieved by feeding the ticks on defibrinated porcine and bovine blood through bat's wing membrane. On either type of blood, the life cycle was completed and the ticks reached equal weights and consumed equal meals.
C K, Mango, R, Galun
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Development of vaccines against Ornithodoros soft ticks: An update

open access: yesTicks and Tick-borne Diseases, 2015
29 páginas, 1 figura, 1 tabla -- The definitive version is available at http://www.elsevier.comTicks are parasites of great medical and veterinary importance since they are vectors of numerous pathogens that affect humans, livestock and pets.
Veronica Diaz-Martín   +2 more
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Ultrastructure of salivary glands ofOrnithodoros (Ornithodoros) moubata(Ixodoidea: Argasidae)

Journal of Morphology, 1985
AbstractThe paired salivary glands of unfed adultOrnithodoros (Ornithodoros) moubataare composed of type I (agranular) and type II (granular) alveoli. Type I alveoli consis of one large central cell surrounded by peripheral cells having the morphology of fluid‐transporting epithelia.
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Intestinal Bacteria Found in Triatoma and Ornithodoros

The American Journal of Tropical Medicine, 1951
The purpose of this communication is to show briefly the results of studies carried out by us on the bacterial flora of the intestinal contents of some specimens of the following arthopods: Triatoma picturata, Triatoma palidipennis, Triatoma diminuta, Triatoma phyllosoma y Ornithodoros turicata.
G, VARELA, A, APARICIO
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Genus Ornithodoros Koch, 1844

2017
The genus Ornithodoros was first described with the reclassification of Ornithodoros coriaceus and Ornithodoros savignyi, which had previously been attributed to the genus Argas. Koch translated ‘Ornis’, which means bird from Greek to Latin and ‘doros’ meaning a leather sack (Petney and Maiwald in Tick nomenclature. Lancet 348:1251, 1996).
Agustin Estrada-Peña   +2 more
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Parasitism of Larval Ixodes Ticks by Chigger Mites and Fed Female Ornithodoros Ticks by Ornithodoros Males

The Journal of Parasitology, 1986
tapeworms; Pappas (1981, loc. cit.) used 12-dayold tapeworms; while Pappas (1984, loc. cit.) and the current study used 6-day-old tapeworms), or different species of intermediate hosts. It has been shown that tapeworms of different ages differ physiologically and/or biochemically (e.g., Mettrick and Cannon, 1970, Parasitology 61: 229243; Watts and ...
J H, Oliver, S, McKeever, J M, Pound
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