Contributions to the knowledge of hard ticks (Acari: Ixodidae) in Colombia

Rivera‐Páez, Fredy A.; Labruna, Marcelo Bahia; Martins, Thiago F.; Pérez, Jorge Enrique; Castaño‐Villa, Gabriel J.; Ossa‐López, Paula A.; Gil, Carlos A.; Sampieri, Bruno Rodrigues; Aricapa-Giraldo, Hector J.; Camargo‐Mathias, Maria Izabel

doi:10.1016/j.ttbdis.2017.10.008

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“…Iraq and more specifically the middle of Iraq, Al-Najaf, suffers very hot summers with temperatures could reach up to 120 °F (17).The current study results agree with (18) who found that genus Hyalomma was the most detected ticks in Iraq. The use of these external features to differentiate between tick genera is important to start the classification process of these Acari (19), however, more details of the species level are generated via studying the genetic components of these parasites (20). Because ticks transfer some diseases to cattle such as babesiosis and theileriosis (2), successful control of ticks should follow advanced scientific tools such as molecular entomology.…”

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Morphological and phylogenetic study of Hyalomma anatolicum in Al-Najaf, Iraq

Alfatlawi¹,

Ali²,

Albayati³

2019

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Studies had been previously conducted to genetically identify species of ticks in Iraq. Therefore, the current investigational study was conducted to recognize the species of 50 ticks collected from infested skin of cattle. The current study defined the ticks to be from Hyalomma genus depending on their morphological features. Using mitochondrial cytochrome oxidase subunit  (Cox) gene, 16 ticks were further confirmed using polymerase chain reaction (PCR). Two PCR products were subjected to DNA sequencing to name the species of the ticks and compare them to some other known ticks in neighbor and world countries. The sequencing results identified the ticks to be Hyalomma anatolicum. One isolate is closely similar to Indian and Iranian isolates, and the other isolate is clustered alone by itself. The results indicated that H. anatolicum is one of the widespread ticks that affect cattle in Al Najaf province, Iraq.

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Morphological and phylogenetic study of Hyalomma anatolicum in Al-Najaf, Iraq

Alfatlawi¹,

Ali²,

Albayati³

2019

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“…microplus se ha reportado en todas las regiones naturales del país; desde el Caribe, en los departamentos de Atlántico, Bolívar, Cesar, Córdoba, Guajira, Magdalena y Sucre (exceptuando su presencia en la región insular de San Andrés y Providencia) (Duenhen y Otte, 1990;Paternina et al, 2009), hasta la región Pacífica, donde hay reportes en los departamentos del Cauca, Valle del Cauca y Nariño (Arias et al, 1991;Rodríguez y Betancourt, 2003). La mayoría de las investigaciones del país se han realizado en la región Andina en los departamentos de Antioquia, Boyacá, Caldas, Cundinamarca, Huila, Norte de Santander, Quindío, Risaralda, Santander y Tolima (Benavides et al, 1997;Suárez et al, 2008;Araque et al, 2014;Rivera-Páez et al, 2018), y en la región de los Llanos orientales donde se ha reportado principalmente en el departamento del Meta, probablemente por ser este un importante productor ganadero, aunque también se ha observado en los departamentos de Arauca y Casanare. En la región de la Amazonía se tienen pocos estudios y los que se han realizado se han ubicado en los departamentos de Amazonas, Caquetá, Putumayo y Guaviare (Osorno-Mesa, 1940;Villar et al, 2000;Rivera y Motta, 2013).…”

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Garrapatas duras (Acari: Ixodidae) de Colombia, una revisión a su conocimiento en el país

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Las garrapatas son artrópodos de gran impacto sobre la economía pecuaria y la salud humana debido a las pérdidas generadas en la producción, y a su capacidad de transmitir microorganismos. Pese a la evidencia de circulación de una gran diversidad de garrapatas en Colombia, no se cuenta con compilaciones actualizadas de la variedad de especies presentes, por lo cual los autores presentan una revisión de literatura sobre las garrapatas de la familia Ixodidae reportadas en Colombia incluyendo su distribución geográfica, sus hospederos y los microorganismos reportados en aquellas especies registradas en este país. En la recopilación se evidenció la presencia en Colombia de diferentes especies de garrapatas de los géneros Amblyomma, Ixodes, Haemaphysalis, Rhipicephalus y Dermacentor. El género con mayor variedad fue Amblyomma con 29 especies, seguido de Ixodes con 11 especies, y de los géneros Dermacentor, Haemaphysalis y Rhipicephalus se reportaron dos especies para cada uno. Las especies se distribuyeron en la mayoría de los departamentos de Colombia y en una amplia diversidad de hospederos entre los cuales se incluyen animales domésticos, sinantrópicos y silvestres. Adicionalmente se encontró que algunas garrapatas reportadas podrían jugar un papel como vectores potenciales de diversos microorganismos que pueden afectar a la salud pública y veterinaria. Esperamos que este trabajo sea un aporte para apoyar la investigación en garrapatas y el estudio de los agentes transmitidos por estas en Colombia.

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“…From August 2014 to May 2016, hard ticks were collected from domestic hosts, including cattle (Bos taurus), domestic dogs (Canis lupus familiaris), horses (Equus caballus), donkeys (Equus asinus), and one domestic pig (Sus scrofa domesticus). In addition to two tick samples were collected from the vegetation, in farms from 17 municipalities of 10 departments of Colombia (Rivera-Páez et al, 2018). Collected ticks were placed into plastic vials containing absolute ethanol and taken to the laboratory, where they were taxonomically identified based on current literature (Kohls, 1956 2014,2015).…”

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“…Collected ticks were placed into plastic vials containing absolute ethanol and taken to the laboratory, where they were taxonomically identified based on current literature (Kohls, 1956 2014,2015). To confirm morphological identifications, some specimens of each tick species were subjected to molecular taxonomic identification by polymerase chain reaction (PCR) protocols to amplify fragments of at least one of the three following genes of the tick genome: targeting a ≈700-bp fragment of the mitochondrial cytochrome c oxidase subunit I gene (COI); targeting a ≈460-bp fragment of the mitochondrial 16S rDNA gene and a ≈1100-bp fragment that includes the entire second internal transcribed spacer (ITS2) region of the nuclear rRNA region (Rivera-Páez et al, 2018). Vouchers were deposited at the tick collection: "Coleção Nacional de Carrapatos Danilo Gonçalves Saraiva" − CNC (University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil).…”

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Detection of Rickettsia spp. in ticks (Acari: Ixodidae) of domestic animals in Colombia

Rivera‐Páez

Martins

Ossa‐López

et al. 2018

Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases

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Rickettsiosis are emerging or re-emerging diseases, with a worldwide distribution associated to transmission by arthropod vectors. Rickettsia species belong to the spotted fever group (SFG) and are transmitted by hard ticks (Acari: Ixodidae) that may act as vectors and reservoirs. This study carried out a molecular detection of Rickettsia from 7 species of the family Ixodidae collected from domestic hosts by PCR amplification of fragments of the citrate synthase "gltA" gene and outer membrane protein "ompA" gene. Of the 204 samples analyzed, 11.3% (23) were positive for rickettsial infection. Three Rickettsia species belonging to the SFG were found, constituting the first reports of Rickettsia rickettsii in 2 departments of Colombia. Furthermore, we confirmed the first occurrence of Candidatus Rickettsia andeanae in Colombia, a species with an unknown pathogenic role in humans. These results raise awareness regarding the need to increase epidemiological control measures, as well as to consider new endemic regions in Colombia for Rocky Mountain spotted fever (RMSF).

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Contributions to the knowledge of hard ticks (Acari: Ixodidae) in Colombia

Cited by 46 publications

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Morphological and phylogenetic study of Hyalomma anatolicum in Al-Najaf, Iraq

Morphological and phylogenetic study of Hyalomma anatolicum in Al-Najaf, Iraq

Garrapatas duras (Acari: Ixodidae) de Colombia, una revisión a su conocimiento en el país

Detection of Rickettsia spp. in ticks (Acari: Ixodidae) of domestic animals in Colombia

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