A comparison of manual and carbon dioxide trap sampling of Ornithodoros soft ticks from warthog resting sites in South Africa.

Cynthia Mapendere, Armanda D S Bastos, Etter Eric, Livio Heath, Ferran Jori

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Cynthia MapendereDepartment of Zoology and Entomology, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa. cmapendere@yahoo.com.

Armanda D S BastosDepartment of Zoology and Entomology, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa.

Etter EricCIRAD, UMR ASTRE, 97170, Petit-Bourg, France.

Livio HeathTransboundary Animal Diseases, Onderstepoort Veterinary Institute, Agricultural Research Council, Pretoria, South Africa.

Ferran JoriDepartment of Zoology and Entomology, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa. ferran.jori@cirad.fr.

Funding

USDA NIFA-AFRI Grant 2019-67015-28981

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundIn East and Southern Africa, the African swine fever (ASF) virus is maintained in an ancient sylvatic cycle involving warthogs (Phacochoerus spp.) and Ornithodoros soft ticks inhabiting warthog burrows. Although carbon dioxide (CO

methodsThe study was performed in Mjejane Game Reserve, a wildlife conservancy adjacent to the Kruger National Park in South Africa. Sixty-one warthog resting sites (31 natural burrows and 30 house decks) were sampled to compare Ornithodoros tick numbers using manual and CO

resultsThe number of ticks collected with CO

conclusionsThe standardised use of the CO

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Carbon DioxideOrnithodorosAfrican Swine FeverAnimalsEcosystemSeasonsSouth AfricaTick InfestationsCarbon DioxideAfricaArgasid ticksDisease ecologyOrnithodoros moubata species complexPhacochoerus africanusVectors

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PMID40721822

DOI10.1186/s13071-025-06896-8

PMCPMC12305943

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