| 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 |
| first description of the male and redescription of the female of ixodes tapirus kohls, 1956 (acari: ixodidae), a parasite of tapirs (perissodactyla: tapiridae) from the mountains of colombia, costa rica and panama. | the male of ixodes tapirus kohls, 1956 (acari: ixodidae) is described for the first time and the female is redescribed in greater detail. adults of i. tapirus are similar to those of ixodes guatemalensis kohls, 1956, ixodes lasallei méndez & ortiz, 1958, ixodes montoyanus cooley, 1944 and ixodes venezuelensis kohls, 1953 but can be distinguished by their overall size, the amount of sclerotisation of the conscutum and accessory plates, the shape of the scutum, the number of punctations and their ... | 2017 | 28210960 |