Made available in DSpace on 2022-04-28T18:55:46Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 0 Previous issue date: 2008-01-01; Triatoma infestans, the main vector of Chagas disease, has nearly been eliminated from Brazil. Nevertheless, other triatominae species are involved in the domiciliation process, including Triatoma rubrovaria in Rio Grande do Sul State (RS). Previous studies showed that 1.6% of the T. rubrovaria specimen...
Made available in DSpace on 2021-06-25T10:14:39Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 0 Previous issue date: 2021-01-01; Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (CNPq); Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo (FAPESP); Trombidiformes and Mesostigmata mites, as well as Ixodida ticks, infest ectothermic tetrapods worldwide, potentially acting as vectors of bacteria, viruses and protozoa. T...
Made available in DSpace on 2020-12-12T02:02:53Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 0 Previous issue date: 2020-07-01; In a recent study, we relegated the taxon Ixodes aragaoi Fonseca, 1935 to a junior synonym of Ixodes fuscipes Koch, 1844, and reinstated Ixodes spinosus Neumann, 1899 (a former synonym of I. fuscipes) to a valid species. We examined all lots of ticks formerly identified as I. fuscipes or I. aragaoi in t...
Canine rangeliosis is an extravascular hemolytic disease caused by the protozoan Rangelia vitalii, which is transmitted by ticks of the species Amblyomma aureolatum. Te most common clinical signs are apathy, hyperthermia and spontaneous bleeding. Anemia and thrombocytopenia are the most common hematological fndings. Tis work reports a clinical case of canine Rangeliosis treated at a private veterinary hospital,...
A febre maculosa brasileira é uma doença grave e letal para seres humanos causada pela bactéria Rickettsia rickettsii. No estado de São Paulo, SP, Brasil, o agente etiológico desta enfermidade é transmitido pelo carrapato Amblyomma sculptum. Conforme descrito na literatura científica, os cavalos infectados com esta bactéria produzem uma forte resposta imune e podem ser importantes sentinelas para...
Made available in DSpace on 2019-10-06T15:45:18Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 0 Previous issue date: 2019-08-01; Ornithodoros fonsecai is an argasid tick that is endemic to Brazil and has been described in the municipality of Bonito, state of Mato Grosso do Sul. Some specimens of this species were found in a cave in the municipality of Nobres, state of Mato Grosso. The specific identification of this population wa...