Abstract Amblyomma maculatum Koch (the Gulf Coast tick) is a three-host, ixodid tick that is
distributed throughout much of the southeastern and south-central United States, as well as …

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 …

Abstract During 2009–2012, wild animals and their ticks were sampled in two areas within
the Amazon biome of Brazil, in the states of Mato Grosso and Pará. Animal tissues, blood …

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 …

Public health is a major concern for several developing countries due to infectious agents
transmitted by hematophagous arthropods such as ticks. Health risks due to infectious …

This study evaluated the species richness and seasonal dynamics of ticks and rickettsial
agents infecting ticks in the largest natural Reserve of the Cerrado biome of Brazil, the …

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 …

Taking into account the diversity of small terrestrial mammals of the Pantanal, the present
study aimed to verify the occurrence of infection by Ehrlichia spp., Anaplasma spp …

Of the documented tick-borne diseases infecting humans in México, Rocky Mountain spotted
fever (RMSF), caused by the Gram-negative bacterium Rickettsia rickettsii, is responsible for …

Abstract Amblyomma maculatum (the Gulf Coast tick), an aggressive, human-biting, Nearctic
and Neotropical tick, is the principal vector of Rickettsia parkeri in the United States. This …