Ticks infesting terrestrial small mammals in a rural settlement in the Amazonas state, Brazil

JM Portela, AFD Nava, HR Batista, TF Martins… - … and Applied Acarology, 2024 - Springer
There is limited knowledge about tick diversity in the Amazon region. Here, we survey small
terrestrial mammals for tick infestation at the Rio Pardo settlement, Amazonas State, Brazil …

[HTML][HTML] Detection of Rickettsia tamurae-like and other spotted fever group rickettsiae in ticks (Acari: Ixodidae) associated with wild birds in the Western Amazon, Brazil

VL de Souza, FB Costa, TF Martins… - Ticks and Tick-borne …, 2023 - Elsevier
Ticks are vectors for several pathogens, including bacteria belonging to the Rickettsia
genus, such as Rickettsia rickettsii and Rickettsia parkeri, the causative agents of spotted …

Amblyomma cajennense (Fabricius, 1787)(Ixodida: Ixodidae): human parasitism and the first record from the Acre State, Western Brazilian Amazon

VL de Souza, MS de Lima… - Entomological …, 2022 - entomologicalcommunications.org
Abstract The Cayenne tick, Amblyomma cajennense (Fabricius, 1787)(Ixodida: Ixodidae),
parasitizes a range of vertebrate hosts, including humans, accidentally. Infestation by this …