Artículo
Analysis of the tick communities associated to domestic mammals in rural areas of the Yungas montane forest from Argentina
Copa, Griselda Noemi
; Flores, Fernando Sebastián
; Tarragona, Evelina Luisa
; Lamattina, Daniela; Sebastian, Patrick Stephan
; Gil, José Fernando
; Mangold, Atilio Jose
; Venzal, José M.; Nava, Santiago
Fecha de publicación:
04/2023
Editorial:
Elsevier
Revista:
Veterinary Parasitology: Regional Studies and Reports
ISSN:
2405-9390
Idioma:
Inglés
Tipo de recurso:
Artículo publicado
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Resumen
The aim of this work was to describe the tick community associated to domestic mammals in rural areas from the Yungas lower montane forest of Argentina. The circulation of tick-borne pathogens was also analyzed. Samples of ticks parasitizing cattle, horses, sheep and dogs were carried out in different seasons, and questing ticks were collected from vegetation and analyzed to detect the presence of Rickettsia, Ehrlichia, Borrelia and Babesia by a battery of different PCRs. The structure of the tick communities was analyzed through the Chao1 species richness estimator, the Shannon–Wiener index and the Horn index of community similarity. Eight tick species were collected in the study area: Amblyomma sculptum, Rhipicephalus microplus, Amblyomma hadanii, Dermacentor nitens, Amblyomma ovale, Haemaphysalis juxtakochi, Ixodes pararicinus and Rhipicephalus sanguineus sensu stricto. However, A. sculptum was by far the dominant species in the tick assemblages analyzed, and this was reflected in the low diversity values obtained. Dermacentor nitens, A. sculptum and R. microplus were the three species associated to horses. The predominance of A. sculptum was also observed in the tick samples obtained from dogs, even on two tick species, namely A. ovale and R. sanguineus s.s., which have dogs as the principal domestic host. Rhipicephalus microplus and A. sculptum were the most abundant ticks on cattle, while few specimens of I. pararicinus, A. hadanii and D. nitens were found on bovines. Dermacentor nitens ticks were found to be infected with B. caballi, which indicate the circulation of this pathogen of horses in the Yungas area. The detection of a strain of Borrelia sp. belonging to the B. burgdorferi s.l. complex in I. pararicinus is consistent with previous findings made in Argentina, but the public health relevance of this vector-microorganism association is far from being similar to that occurs in the northern hemisphere because there are practically no records of these tick species parasitizing humans in South America. The tick community of rural areas of the Yungas lower montane forest is composed by species which are potential vectors of pathogenic microorganism with veterinary and public health importance, circulating in a human-wildlife-livestock interface.
Palabras clave:
ARGENTINA
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DOMESTIC MAMMALS
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IXODIDAE
,
RURAL AREAS
,
TICK-BORNE PATHOGENS
,
YUNGAS
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Articulos (IDICAL)
Articulos de INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACION DE LA CADENA LACTEA
Articulos de INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACION DE LA CADENA LACTEA
Articulos(CCT - NORDESTE)
Articulos de CTRO.CIENTIFICO TECNOL.CONICET - NORDESTE
Articulos de CTRO.CIENTIFICO TECNOL.CONICET - NORDESTE
Articulos(IIBYT)
Articulos de INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES BIOLOGICAS Y TECNOLOGICAS
Articulos de INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES BIOLOGICAS Y TECNOLOGICAS
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Articulos de INST.DE INVEST.EN ENERGIA NO CONVENCIONAL
Articulos de INST.DE INVEST.EN ENERGIA NO CONVENCIONAL
Citación
Copa, Griselda Noemi; Flores, Fernando Sebastián; Tarragona, Evelina Luisa; Lamattina, Daniela; Sebastian, Patrick Stephan; et al.; Analysis of the tick communities associated to domestic mammals in rural areas of the Yungas montane forest from Argentina; Elsevier; Veterinary Parasitology: Regional Studies and Reports; 39; 4-2023; 1-9
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