From September 2008 to March 2010, 397 ticks (315 larvae, 33 nymphs, 23 females, and 26 males) were collected from captive and free-living wildlife species in northeastern Brazil. Six tick species were identified, including Amblyomma auricularium (Conil) on Tamandua tetradactyla (L), Amblyomma dubitatum Neumann on Hydrochaeris hydrochaeris (L.), Nectomys rattus (Pelzen) and T. tetradactyla, Amblyomma parvum Aragão on T. tetradactyla, Amblyomma rotundatum Koch on Boa constrictor L., Chelonoidis carbonaria (Spix), Kinosternon scorpioides (L.) and Rhinella jimi (Stevaux), Amblyomma varium Koch on Bradypus variegatus Schinz, and Rhipicephalus sanguineus (Latreille) on Lycalopex vetulus (Lund). Nectomys rattus and T. tetradactyla are new hosts for A. dubitatum. This study extends the known distribution of A. dubitatum in South America and provides evidence that its geographical range has been underestimated because of the lack of research. Four (A. dubitatum, A. parvum, A. rotundatum, and R. sanguineus) of six tick species identified in this study have previously been found on humans in South America, some of them being potentially involved in the transmission of pathogens of zoonotic concern.
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1 November 2010
Ticks Infesting Wildlife Species in Northeastern Brazil with New Host and Locality Records
Filipe Dantas-Torres,
Daniel B. Siqueira,
Luciana C. Rameh-De-Albuquerque,
Denisson Da Silva E Souza,
Alexandre P. Zanotti,
Débora R. A. Ferreira,
Thiago F. Martins,
Michelle B. De Senna,
Paulo G. C. Wagner,
Marcio A. Da Silva,
Maria F. V. Marvulo,
Marcelo B. Labruna
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Journal of Medical Entomology
Vol. 47 • No. 6
November 2010
Vol. 47 • No. 6
November 2010
Brazil
Ixodidae
ticks
wildlife