Ticks (Acari: Ixodidae) Associated with Wild Animals in the Pantanal Region of Brazil

Marcelo De Campos Pereira; Matias Pablo Juan SzabÓ; Gervasio Henrique Bechara; Eliana Reiko Matushima; José Maurício Barbanti Duarte; Yigal Rechav; Laura Fielden; James E. Keirans

doi:10.1603/0022-2585-37.6.979

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1 November 2000 Ticks (Acari: Ixodidae) Associated with Wild Animals in the Pantanal Region of Brazil

Marcelo De Campos Pereira, Matias Pablo Juan SzabÓ, Gervasio Henrique Bechara, Eliana Reiko Matushima, José Maurício Barbanti Duarte, Yigal Rechav, Laura Fielden, James E. Keirans

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J. of Medical Entomology, 37(6):979-983 (2000). https://doi.org/10.1603/0022-2585-37.6.979

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This paper describes the identification of ticks from wild animals of the Pantanal region in Brazil as part of a comprehensive study about established and emerging tick-host relationships and related pathological aspects. Eighty-one animals were captured (representing 13 species, six orders), and ticks were found on 63 (78%). Tick species identified included Boophilus microplus (Canestrini), Amblyomma cajennense (F.), Amblyomma parvum Aragão, Amblyomma pseudoconcolor Aragão, Amblyomma scalpturatum Neumann, Amblyomma nodosum Neumann, Amblyomma ovale Koch, and Amblyomma tigrinum Koch. Dragging from grasslands yielded negative results compared with the high concentration of ticks that were collected from leaves in the forests.

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Marcelo De Campos Pereira, Matias Pablo Juan SzabÓ, Gervasio Henrique Bechara, Eliana Reiko Matushima, José Maurício Barbanti Duarte, Yigal Rechav, Laura Fielden, and James E. Keirans "Ticks (Acari: Ixodidae) Associated with Wild Animals in the Pantanal Region of Brazil," Journal of Medical Entomology 37(6), 979-983, (1 November 2000). https://doi.org/10.1603/0022-2585-37.6.979

Received: 24 January 2000; Accepted: 1 August 2000; Published: 1 November 2000

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