Detection of Dermacentor andersoni (Acari: Ixodidae) in Brazil on a Human Traveler Returning from the United States

Álvaro A. Faccini-Martínez; Thiago F. Martins; Iara Silveira; Marcelo B. Labruna

doi:10.1093/jme/tjaa204

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29 September 2020 Detection of Dermacentor andersoni (Acari: Ixodidae) in Brazil on a Human Traveler Returning from the United States

Álvaro A. Faccini-Martínez, Thiago F. Martins, Iara Silveira, Marcelo B. Labruna

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J. of Medical Entomology, 58(2):947-949 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1093/jme/tjaa204

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Only one previous record of an exotic tick on a Brazilian traveler has been reported. Here, we report the detection of Dermacentor andersoni (Stiles) in Brazil while attached to a human traveler returning from the United States. This report is the fifth record of D. andersoni as an exotic tick, and the second record of an exotic tick on a South American traveler.

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Álvaro A. Faccini-Martínez, Thiago F. Martins, Iara Silveira, and Marcelo B. Labruna "Detection of Dermacentor andersoni (Acari: Ixodidae) in Brazil on a Human Traveler Returning from the United States," Journal of Medical Entomology 58(2), 947-949, (29 September 2020). https://doi.org/10.1093/jme/tjaa204

Received: 18 July 2020; Accepted: 24 August 2020; Published: 29 September 2020

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