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 involvement of different species of ticks and wild animals, such as birds, play an
important role in the epidemiology of tick-borne diseases. Birds may serve as reservoirs for …

The current study evaluated parasitism of wild birds by ticks in a fragment of Atlantic Forest
in the state of Minas Gerais, Brazil, and examined the ticks for rickettsial agents. Birds were …

Abstract Background: South American birds are known to play a significant role in life cycles
of various hard ticks, particularly within Amblyomma genus. However, the tick fauna from the …

During field work in Nazaré Paulista, state of São Paulo, Brazil, we found 13 (56.5%) of 23
birds (mostly Passeriformes) to be infested by 28 larvae and 1 nymph of Amblyomma spp …

The aim of the study was to report tick infestations on wild birds in a region of the eastern
Brazilian Amazon and evaluate the rickettsial infection of these ticks. Wild birds captured by …

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 …

The aim of the study was to evaluate rickettsial infection in ticks from wild birds of the
Semidecidual and Atlantic Rainforest remnants of three municipalities of the State of Paraná …

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 …

In total, 142 birds, mostly passerines, belonging to 42 species were examined for the
presence of ticks in 3 locations in Mato Grosso do Sul Brazil during 2006. Seven birds (5%) …