ArticlePloS one2017
Synanthropic Mammals as Potential Hosts of Tick-Borne Pathogens in Panama.
Article in PloS one, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. An erratum has been issued. Cited by 13 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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- A Systematic Review of Zoonotic Enteric Parasites in Synanthropic Mammalian Species in Florida.Pathogens (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Pooled it
- Serological evidence of Borrelia turicatae in Raccoons (Procyon lotor) from an endemic focus of tick-borne relapsing fever in Mexico.PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2026Article
- Serum Proteomics Reveals Systemic Responses inPathogens (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Spotted Fever Rickettsioses in Panama: New Cases and the Gaps That Hinder Its Epidemiological Understanding.Pathogens (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Potential zoonotic role of the tick Amblyomma cf. oblongoguttatum (Ixodida: Ixodidae) in the bacterial transmission of Ehrlichia chaffeensis (Rickettsiales: Anaplasmataceae) in a deciduous tropical forest in Mexico.Journal of medical entomology · 2024Article
- Molecular screening of tick-borne microorganisms in ticks from rural areas of Panama, with the first record of Ehrlichia minasensis in Rhipicephalus microplus from Central America.Veterinary research communications · 2024Article
- Ticks and Tick-Borne Diseases in Central America and the Caribbean: A One Health Perspective.Pathogens (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021Review
- Epidemiology of Rickettsial Infection in the Municipality of Uramita, Colombia.The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene · 2021Article
- Tick Microbiomes in Neotropical Forest Fragments Are Best Explained by Tick-Associated and Environmental Factors Rather than Host Blood Source.Applied and environmental microbiology · 2021Article
- Spatial epidemiology of yellow fever: Identification of determinants of the 2016-2018 epidemics and at-risk areas in Brazil.PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2020Article
- Gastrointestinal parasites in the opossumJournal of parasitic diseases : official organ of the Indian Society for Parasitology · 2020Article
- A review of the genusResearch and reports in tropical medicine · 2018Review
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Abstract
Synanthropic wild mammals can be important hosts for many vector-borne zoonotic pathogens. The aim of this study was determine the exposure of synanthropic mammals to two types of tick-borne pathogens in Panama, spotted fever group Rickettsia (SFGR) and Borrelia relapsing fever (RF) spirochetes. One hundred and thirty-one wild mammals were evaluated, including two gray foxes, two crab-eating foxes (from zoos), four coyotes, 62 opossum and 63 spiny rats captured close to rural towns. To evaluate exposure to SFGR, serum samples from the animals were tested by indirect immunofluorescence assay (IFA) using Rickettsia rickettsii and Candidatus Rickettsia amblyommii antigen. Immunoblotting was performed using Borrelia turicatae protein lysates and rGlpQ, to assess infection caused by RF spirochetes. One coyote (25%) and 27 (43%) opossums showed seroreactivity to SFGR. Of these opossums, 11 were seroreactive to C. R. amblyommii. Serological reactivity was not detected to B. turicatae in mammal samples. These findings may reflect a potential role of both mammals in the ecology of tick-borne pathogens in Panama.
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