Rickettsia amblyommatis is a potentially pathogenic species of Rickettsia within the spotted
fever group vectored by ticks. While many studies have been published on this species …

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 …

The hard tick family Ixodidae currently comprises 729 species worldwide, but information on
the species that feed on humans is scattered and often difficult to access. We have …

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 …

Ticks collected in the last two decades from free-living and captive wild animals from 28
municipalities of the Brazilian state of Mato Grosso were identified and tested using …

Outbreaks of spotted fevers have been reported in Costa Rica since the 1950s, although
vectors responsible for transmission to humans have not been directly identified. In this …

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 …

The family Streblidae comprises a monophyletic group of Hippoboscoidea, hematophagous
dipterans that parasitize bats. Bartonella spp. and Rickettsia spp. have been reported in bats …

Wild birds have an important role as hosts of ticks infected by rickettsiae. However, the role
of birds as reservoirs of tick-borne rickettsiae is unknown and poorly understood. This is …

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 …