Publications

investigation of tick-borne bacteria (rickettsia spp., anaplasma spp., ehrlichia spp. and borrelia spp.) in ticks collected from andean tapirs, cattle and vegetation from a protected area in ecuador.	ixodid ticks play an important role in the transmission and ecology of infectious diseases. information about the circulation of tick-borne bacteria in ticks is lacking in ecuador. our aims were to investigate the tick species that parasitize andean tapirs and cattle, and those present in the vegetation from the buffer zone of the antisana ecological reserve and cayambe-coca national park (ecuador), and to investigate the presence of tick-borne bacteria.	2015	25616567
new records of amblyomma multipunctum and amblyomma naponense from ecuador, with description of a. multipunctum nymph.	we provide new data for the ticks amblyomma multipunctum and amblyomma naponense from ecuador. in addition, we describe the nymph of a. multipunctum for the first time. during december 2012, ticks were collected by dragging in forest trails of 1 locality at puyo, pastaza province (elevation 979 m), and another locality at papallacta, napo province (3,474 m). a total of 10 adults of a. naponense were collected at puyo, whereas 27 adults and 3 nymphs of a. multipunctum were collected at papallacta ...	2013	23750669