Publications
| molecular methods routinely used to detect coxiella burnetii in ticks cross-react with coxiella-like bacteria. | q fever is a widespread zoonotic disease caused by coxiella burnetii. ticks may act as vectors, and many epidemiological studies aim to assess c. burnetii prevalence in ticks. because ticks may also be infected with coxiella-like bacteria, screening tools that differentiate between c. burnetii and coxiella-like bacteria are essential. | 2015 | 26609691 |
| physiological characterization of the hematophagy of ornithodoros rostratus (acari: argasidae) on live hosts. | ornithodoros rostratus is an argasid tick and its importance is based on its hematophagy and the resulting transmission of pathogens such as rickettsia rickettsii and coxiella burnetii to its vertebrate hosts. in the face of a lack of physiological studies related to hematophagy in argasid ticks, this paper aims to identify and characterize the events that occur throughout the feeding by o. rostratus on live hosts. electrical signals and alterations on the feeding site were monitored using intra ... | 2016 | 27625415 |