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Ixodid ticks (Acari: Ixodidae) present at Parque Nacional El Rey, Argentina

2003; Springer Nature; Volume: 32; Issue: 2 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1590/s1519-566x2003000200012

1678-8052

Pablo M. Beldoménico, Cecilia J. Baldi, Leandro R. Antoniazzi, Guillermina Orduna, Mariano Mastropaolo, Ana C. Macedo, Marcelo Fabián Ruiz, Viviana M. Orcellet, J.L. Peralta, José M. Venzal, Atílio J. Mangold, Alberto A. Guglielmone,

Viral Infections and Vectors

Information on autochthonous ticks and their hosts is scarce in South America, especially in Argentina. To contribute to tick knowledge in the region, 2094 ticks were collected from the vegetation, humans, domestic and wild animals at a host-and-tick rich area of northern Argentina during six field trips conducted in 1999 (January and August), 2000 (March and November), and 2001 (March and June). The ticks were identified as Amblyomma cajennense (Fabricius), Amblyomma coelebs Neumann, Amblyomma sp., Haemaphysalis juxtakochi Cooley, H. leporispalustris (Packard), Ixodes pararicinus Keirans & Clifford, I. loricatus Neumann, I. longiscutatum Boero and Ixodes sp. Small mammals were mainly parasitized by immature stages of Ixodes; humans and domestic animals, predominantly by Amblyomma spp., and birds, mainly by nymphs and larvae of Haemaphysalis spp.