Rocky Mountain spotted fever, a tick-borne zoonosis caused by Rickettsia rickettsii, is
among the most lethal of all infectious diseases in the Americas. In Mexico, the disease was …

The genus Rickettsia encompasses 35 valid species of intracellular, coccobacilli bacteria
that can infect several eukaryotic taxa, causing multiple emerging and re-emerging diseases …

Domestic animals and wildlife play important roles as reservoirs of zoonotic pathogens that
are transmitted to humans by ticks. Besides their role as vectors of several classes of …

Rickettsial infection in dog‐associated ticks in three rural communities of Yucatan, Mexico
was investigated using qPCR and nested PCR assays. A total of 319 dogs were studied and …

The genus Rickettsia includes obligate intracellular bacteria transmitted by several
hematophagous arthropods such as ticks, fleas and sucking lice. In particular hard ticks …

In this chapter, we review the biodiversity, habitats, distribution, medical importance, and
conservation aspects of the class Arachnida in Mexico. We cover all the groups of the …

We report the first case of “Candidatus Rickettsia amblyommii” detected in Amblyomma
mixtum ticks on humans on the west coast of Mexico. This is the most western record of “Ca …

Parasites are integral parts of ecosystem function and important drivers of evolutionary
processes. Characterizing ectoparasite diversity is fundamental to studies of host–parasite …

Soil mesofauna consists of small invertebrates that live in the soil or litter and are sensitive to
climatic conditions, management systems, plant cover and physical or chemical soil …

Abstract Trichoribates roynortoni Ojeda and Rivas sp. n. Is described based on one adult
specimen preserved in estuarine stratified lower Miocene amber from the Campo La Granja …