Publications

new tick records from the state of rondônia, western amazon, brazil.	from 2005 to 2012, ticks were collected from different hosts at different localities of the state of rondônia. the following 16 ixodid tick species were identified: ixodes fuscipes, amblyomma auricularium, amblyomma coelebs, amblyomma dubitatum, amblyomma geayi, amblyomma humerale, amblyomma latepunctatum, amblyomma longirostre, amblyomma naponense, amblyomma nodosum, amblyomma oblongoguttatum, amblyomma ovale, amblyomma romitii, amblyomma rotundatum, amblyomma scalpturatum, and amblyomma varium ...	2014	23975565
validation of the taxon ixodes aragaoi fonseca (acari: ixodidae) based on morphological and molecular data.	the species ixodes aragaoi fonseca was described as ixodes ricinus aragaoi, and later placed in synonymy with ixodes affinis. however, this synonymy was rejected and the subspecies was elevated to species, and named as i. aragaoi. some researchers did not consider the validity of i. aragaoi and maintained the synonymy proposed until 1998 when i. aragaoi was revalidated, and it was suggested that ixodes pararicinus could be a synonym. the aim of this study was to confirm the taxonomic validity of ...	2014	25283212
microorganisms in ticks (acari: ixodidae) collected on marsupials and rodents from santa catarina, paraná and mato grosso do sul states, brazil.	information about tick fauna and monitoring of pathogen prevalences in ticks (acari: ixodidae) in various habitat types can enhance knowledge about the epidemiology of tick-borne pathogens in brazil. this work shows the results of a study of tick parasitism of wild rodents and marsupials collected in seven localities in the southern part of brazil, within atlantic forest and cerrado biomes. a total of 61 ticks were collected from small mammals, and after identification to the species level, the ...	2017	27769655