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Darci Moraes Barros-Battesti
;
Marcos Rogério André
[2]
;
Estevam Guilherme Lux Hoppe
[3]
;
Gustavo Seron Sanches
[4]
;
Ricardo Bassini-Silva
;
Ana Claúdia Calchi
[6]
;
Lívia Oliveira Andrade
[7]
;
Patrícia Parreira Perin
[8]
;
Thiago Fernandes Martins
;
Ana Carolina Castro-Santiago
[10]
;
Caroline Leuchtenberger
;
Samara Almeida
;
Nathalie Foerster
;
Mariana Furtado
[14]
;
Fernando de Castro Jacinavicius
[15]
Total Authors: 15
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| Document type: | Journal article |
| Source: | Revista Brasileira de Parasitologia Veterinária; v. 33, n. 1 2023-12-22. |
| Abstract | |
Abstract A male of Pteronura brasiliensis (Carnivora: Mustelidae) was found dead on the banks of the Rio Negro, in the Pantanal wetlands of Mato Grosso do Sul state, Aquidauana municipality. Two ticks found attached to its skin were morphologically identified as a second-instar nymph of Ornithodoros rostratus (Argasidae) and a male of Amblyomma sculptum (Ixodidae). In order to complement the morphological identification, these tick specimens were subjected to DNA extraction, and tested using PCR assays to confirm the molecular identity the specimens. Also, the tick DNA samples were tested and were negative in the PCR assays for all the pathogens tested. We also examined 30 batches, consisting of 174 individuals of O. rostratus deposited in the Acari Collection of the Butantan Institute, and we found material from four Brazilian states, including one batch containing 2 males and 2 females from Aquidauana, of Mato Grosso do Sul state, collected from the soil. This was therefore the first record of O. rostratus parasitizing P. brasiliensis and the first locality record (Aquidauana). Likewise, A. sculptum is commonly found in the Pantanal and is reported here for the second time parasitizing the giant otter, which is a host little studied regarding the ectoparasites. (AU) | |
| FAPESP's process: | 19/19853-0 - Chigger mites (Acari: Trombiculidae and Leeuwenhoekiidae) parasites of vertebrates: morphological studies and investigation of the presence of Rickettsia spp |
| Grantee: | Fernando de Castro Jacinavicius |
| Support Opportunities: | Regular Research Grants |
| FAPESP's process: | 18/24667-8 - Catalogue of types of the family Trombiculidae sensu lato (Acari: Trombidiformes) deposited in the national Chigger collection of the USNM and use of LT-SEM technique for a better interpretation of the morphological characters |
| Grantee: | Ricardo Bassini Silva |
| Support Opportunities: | Scholarships abroad - Research Internship - Doctorate |
| FAPESP's process: | 20/05987-1 - Dichotomic and pictorial taxonomic key for larvae of the genus Amblyomma (Parasitiformes: Ixodidae) that occur in Brazil, using optical and scanning electron microscopy for description and morphological redescription of the larval stage |
| Grantee: | Thiago Fernandes Martins |
| Support Opportunities: | Scholarships in Brazil - Young Researchers |
| FAPESP's process: | 17/01416-7 - Chigger mites from Brazilian birds: morphological studies and investigation of the presence of pathogens |
| Grantee: | Ricardo Bassini Silva |
| Support Opportunities: | Scholarships in Brazil - Doctorate |
| FAPESP's process: | 21/06758-9 - Characterization of tick cell lines and their use as a substrate for the growth, maintenance and protein expression profile of Anaplasma marginale |
| Grantee: | Ana Carolina Castro Santiago |
| Support Opportunities: | Scholarships in Brazil - Doctorate |
| FAPESP's process: | 19/03167-0 - Dichotomic and pictorial taxonomic key for larvae of the genus Amblyomma (Parasitiformes: Ixodidae) that occur in Brazil, using optical and scanning electron microscopy for description and morphological redescription of the larval stage |
| Grantee: | Thiago Fernandes Martins |
| Support Opportunities: | Research Grants - Young Investigators Grants |
| FAPESP's process: | 20/07826-5 - Diversity of piroplasmids in wild mammals and birds from Brazil |
| Grantee: | Ana Cláudia Calchi |
| Support Opportunities: | Scholarships in Brazil - Doctorate |
| FAPESP's process: | 20/11755-6 - Taxonomy and microbiome of mites that parasitize bats in Brazil: study of the presence of pathogens and symbiotic commensal communities in these ectoparasites |
| Grantee: | Ricardo Bassini Silva |
| Support Opportunities: | Scholarships in Brazil - Post-Doctoral |