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ArticleExperimental & applied acarology2022

Ticks on reptiles and amphibians in Central Amazonia, with notes on rickettsial infections.

Filipe Dantas-Torres, Amanda Maria Picelli, Kamila Gaudêncio da Silva Sales, Lucas Christian de Sousa-Paula, Paulo Mejia, Igor Luis Kaefer, Lucio André Viana, Felipe Arley Costa Pessoa

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Article in Experimental & applied acarology, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

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1.2field-weighted citation impact, top 23% of its field
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3 · Its place in the literature

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8 citing papers in PubMed, 13 citations in OpenAlex.

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  6. First report of unusual case of parasitism by Amblyomma nodosum (Neumann, 1889) in a yellow cururu toad (Rhinella icterica) in the Northeastern Brazilian Caatinga.Revista brasileira de parasitologia veterinaria = Brazilian journal of veterinary parasitology : Orgao Oficial do Colegio Brasileiro de Parasitologia Veterinaria · 2024
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  8. Parasitism by Amblyomma rotundatum on Teiidae lizards in the eastern part of the state of Acre, Brazil.Revista brasileira de parasitologia veterinaria = Brazilian journal of veterinary parasitology : Orgao Oficial do Colegio Brasileiro de Parasitologia Veterinaria · 2023
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Authors and funding

8 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.

Filipe Dantas-TorresLaboratório de Imunoparasitologia, Instituto Aggeu Magalhães, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, Recife, PE, Brazil. fdtvet@gmail.com.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1496-6274
Amanda Maria PicelliFundação Oswaldo Cruz - Fiocruz Rondônia, Porto Velho, RO, Brazil.
Kamila Gaudêncio da Silva SalesLaboratório de Imunoparasitologia, Instituto Aggeu Magalhães, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, Recife, PE, Brazil.
Lucas Christian de Sousa-PaulaLaboratório de Imunoparasitologia, Instituto Aggeu Magalhães, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, Recife, PE, Brazil.
Paulo MejiaPrograma de Pós-Graduação em Biodiversidade Tropical, Universidade Federal do Amapá, Macapá, AP, Brazil.
Igor Luis KaeferInstituto de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal do Amazonas, Manaus, AM, Brazil.
Lucio André VianaLaboratório de Estudos Morfofisiológicos e Parasitários, Departamento de Ciências Biológicas e da Saúde, Universidade Federal do Amapá, Macapá, AP, Brazil.
Felipe Arley Costa PessoaLaboratório de Ecologia de Doenças Transmissíveis na Amazônia, Instituto Leônidas e Maria Deane, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, Manaus, AM, Brazil.
Fundação Oswaldo Cruz · BRUniversidade Federal do Amapá · BRUniversidade Federal de Rondônia · BRUniversidade Federal do Amazonas · BR

Funding

Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico 429.132/2016-6Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico 461.573/2014-8Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado do Amazonas 001/2014
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Reptiles and amphibians are exceptional hosts for different ectoparasites, including mites and ticks. In this study, we investigated tick infestations on reptiles and amphibians trapped in Central Amazonia, and also assessed the presence of rickettsial infections in the collected ticks. From September 2016 to September 2019, 385 reptiles (350 lizards, 20 snakes, 12 tortoises, and three caimans) and 120 amphibians (119 anurans and one caecilian) were captured and examined for ectoparasites. Overall, 35 (10%) lizards, three (25%) tortoises and one (0.8%) toad were parasitized by ticks (124 larvae, 32 nymphs, and 22 adults). In lizards, tick infestation varied significantly according to landscape category and age group. Based on combined morphological and molecular analyses, these ticks were identified as Amblyomma humerale (14 larvae, 12 nymphs, 19 males, and one female), Amblyomma nodosum (three larvae, one nymph, and one female), and Amblyomma rotundatum (four larvae, three nymphs, and one female), and Amblyomma spp. (103 larvae and 16 nymphs). Our study presents the first records of A. nodosum in the Amazonas state and suggests that teiid lizards are important hosts for larvae and nymphs of A. humerale in Central Amazonia. Moreover, a nymph of A. humerale collected from a common tegu (Tupinambis teguixin) was found positive for Rickettsia amblyommatis, which agrees with previous reports, suggesting that the A. humerale-R. amblyommatis relationship may be more common than currently recognized.

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LizardsRickettsiaRickettsia InfectionsTick InfestationsTicksAnimalsBrazilBufonidaeFemaleMaleNymphReptilesAmazoniaAmblyommaAmphibiansReptilesRickettsia

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