The hard ticks of the world

AA Guglielmone, RG Robbins, DA Apanaskevich… - Springer …, 2014 - Springer
The hard tick family Ixodidae currently comprises over 700 species worldwide, but
information on types, developmental stages, distribution and hosts is scattered and often …

[BOOK][B] Neotropical Hard Ticks (Acari: Ixodida: Ixodidae)

AA Guglielmone, S Nava, RG Robbins - 2021 - Springer
The family Ixodidae, whose members are commonly known as hard ticks, currently
comprises 137 Neotropical species, most of which are endemic to this region. Here we …

Retrospective and new records of ticks (Acari: Argasidae, Ixodidae) from the state of Maranhão, an Amazon-Cerrado transition area of Brazil

FB Costa, TF Martins, S Muñoz-Leal… - … : regional studies and …, 2020 - Elsevier
Abstract The Brazilian state of Maranhão is located in a transition area of the Amazon and
Cerrado biomes, where there is a rich fauna of vertebrates. This study aimed to update the …

A new species of Amblyomma (Acari: Ixodidae) associated with monkeys and passerines of the Atlantic rainforest biome, Southeastern Brazil

TF Martins, HR Luz, S Muñoz-Leal, DG Ramirez… - Ticks and Tick-borne …, 2019 - Elsevier
Recent studies have reported several larvae of an unidentified Amblyomma species on
passerine birds in Atlantic rainforest fragments in southeastern Brazil. These larvae yielded …

Rickettsial agents in avian ixodid ticks in northeast Brazil

C Lugarini, TF Martins, M Ogrzewalska… - Ticks and Tick-borne …, 2015 - Elsevier
Birds are important in the maintenance and spread of ticks and tick-borne diseases. In this
context we screened birds in the Atlantic forest north of the São Francisco River and …

Molecular analyses reveal an abundant diversity of ticks and rickettsial agents associated with wild birds in two regions of primary Brazilian Atlantic Rainforest

HR Luz, JLH Faccini, D McIntosh - Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases, 2017 - Elsevier
Brazilian wild birds are recognized as frequent and important hosts for immature stages of
more than half of the 32 recognized species of Amblyomma ticks recorded in that country …

[HTML][HTML] Ticks (Acari: Ixodidae, Argasidae) associated with wild birds in Argentina

FS Flores, MN Saracho-Bottero, EL Tarragona… - Ticks and Tick-borne …, 2023 - Elsevier
The aim of this study was to report tick infestations on wild birds from four Phytogeographic
Provinces of Argentina. A total of 1085 birds was captured (124 species, 97 genera, 29 …

Rickettsial infections in ticks from reptiles, birds and humans in Honduras

M Novakova, I Literak, L Chevez, TF Martins… - Ticks and tick-borne …, 2015 - Elsevier
Ticks were collected from captive reptiles, wild birds, and incidentally from humans at two
locations in Honduras and part of these were tested for the presence of Rickettsia using …

[HTML][HTML] Rickettsia parkeri strain Atlantic rainforest in ticks (Acari: Ixodidae) of wild birds in Arauca, Orinoquia region of Colombia

M Cardona-Romero, ET Martínez-Sánchez… - International Journal for …, 2020 - Elsevier
Birds are important hosts for the development of the immature stages of several tick species
that are vectors for disease-causing microorganisms in animals and humans. Colombia has …

Comparative evaluation of Amblyomma ovale ticks infected and noninfected by Rickettsia sp. strain Atlantic rainforest, the agent of an emerging rickettsiosis in Brazil

FS Krawczak, WC Agostinho, G Polo… - Ticks and tick-borne …, 2016 - Elsevier
In 2010, a novel spotted fever group rickettsiosis was reported in the Atlantic rainforest coast
of Brazil. The etiological agent was identified as Rickettsia sp. strain Atlantic rainforest, and …