“…Ticks of the genus Amblyomma, Rhipicephalus and Dermacentor trigger anemia and tissue damage (Attia 2018;Malekifard et al 2015) and mites of the genus Sarcoptes, Psoroptes and Demodex are responsible for scabies. In addition, these ectoparasites can transmit pathogens that cause health damage, such as viruses, rickettsiae, bacteria, spirochetes, protozoa and helminths (Attia et al 2018;Aragaw et al 2016;Olinda et al 2016).…”