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Molecular characterization of tick-borne bacterial and protozoan pathogens in parasitic ticks from Xinjiang, China | Parasites & Vectors

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Identification of tick species A total of 1093 ticks were collected and subjected to morphological and molecular identification, which were identified as four genera and nine species, namely Hyalomma anatolicum, Hyalomma asiaticum, Dermacentor marginatus, Dermacentor pavlovskyi, Rhipicephalus turanicus, Rhipicephalus sanguineus, Haemaphysalis longicornis, Haemaphysalis punctata, and Haemaphysalis danieli. Hy. asiaticum (72.0%, 787/1093) was the dominant tick … Read more

Brazilian fleas (Hexapoda: Siphonaptera): diversity, host associations, and new records on small mammals from the Atlantic Rainforest, including Rickettsia screening | Parasites & Vectors

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Literature review The data used in this study were extracted from approximately 200 relevant English and Portuguese articles. A total of 8 families of fleas were reported in this review, and these ectoparasites were present in all the 26 states of Brazil. Some species are widely described in the literature; for this reason, the studies … Read more