Relapsing fever group Borrelia (RFGB) are motile spirochetes transmitted to mammalian or
avian hosts through the bite of hematophagous arthropods, such as soft ticks (Argasidae) …

Records of accidental parasitism by ticks in humans from Brazil are scarce, with most being
reported by researchers who are parasitized during their research and by professionals who …

The systematics of the genera and subgenera within the soft tick family Argasidae is not
adequately resolved. Different classification schemes, reflecting diverse schools of scientific …

Ticks are ectoparasites of great medical and veterinary significance in the neotropical
region. In Brazil, they are responsible for enormous economic losses to the livestock industry …

The known tick fauna of Colombia includes 58 species (15 Argasidae and 43 Ixodidae). To
add to the knowledge of the biology of ticks in Colombia, hard ticks (Ixodidae) were collected …

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 …

Tick-borne relapsing fever group (RFG) borreliosis remains neglected as a human disease
and little is known on its maintenance in ticks and vertebrates, especially in South America …

In this study, we present a morphological description of immature and adult specimens of
Ornithodoros saraivai n. sp., a tick associated with the frog Cycloramphus boraceiensis …

Abstract Afrotropical Ornithodoros (Ornithodoros) ticks are revised based on qualitative
morphology of females and nymphs, as well as tarsus I shape outlines of females measured …

We conducted a molecular survey for Borrelia spp. in Ornithodoros ticks previously reported
as biting humans. We collected specimens in natural ecosystems and inside human …