• Analysis of the tick communities associated to domestic mammals in rural areas of the Yungas montane forest from Argentina 

      Copa, Griselda N.; Flores, Fernando Sebastián; Tarragona, Evelina Luisa; Lamattina, Daniela; Sebastian, Patrick; Gil, José F.; Mangold, Atilio Jose; Venzal, José Manuel; Nava, Santiago (Elsevier, 2023-04)
      The aim of this work was to describe the tick community associated to domestic mammals in rural areas from the Yungas lower montane forest of Argentina. The circulation of tick-borne pathogens was also analyzed. Samples ...
    • Borrelia genospecies in Ixodes sp. cf. Ixodes affinis (Acari: Ixodidae) from Argentina 

      Flores, Fernando Sebastián; Saracho Bottero, Maria Noelia; Sebastian, Patrick Stephan; Venzal, José Manuel; Mangold, Atilio Jose; Nava, Santiago (Elsevier, 2020-11)
      The aim of this work was to evaluate the presence of Borrelia infection in Ixodes sp. cf. Ixodes affinis ticks from Argentina. Specimens of Ixodes sp. cf. I. affinis were collected on vegetation and birds in five locations ...
    • Niche divergence among closely related taxa provides insight on evolutionary patterns of ticks 

      Cuervo, Pablo Fernando; Flores, Fernando Sebastián; Venzal, José Manuel; Nava, Santiago (Wiley, 2021-09)
      Aim: Understanding the degree to which closely related taxa diverge in their niche traits could provide insight on their evolutionary patterns, as well as shed some light on the mechanisms underpinning broad-scale biogeographic ...
    • Primer reporte de un caso de ehrlichiosis monocítica canina en la provincia de Santa Fe, Argentina 

      Tarragona, Evelina Luisa; Flores, Fernando Sebastián; Herrera, Candelaria L.; Dalinger, Miriam; Aguirre, Nerina; Monje, Lucas Daniel; Nava, Santiago (Facultad de Ciencias Veterinarias, Universidad Nacional del Litoral, 2019)
      La ehrlichiosis monocitica canina (EMC) es una enfermedad causada por la bacteria Ehrlichia canis, de distribución mundial, alta mortalidad en caninos doméstico y síntomas inespecíficos, lo que ...
    • Ticks (Acari: Ixodidae) on wild birds in north-central Argentina 

      Flores, Fernando Sebastián; Nava, Santiago; Batallán, Pedro Gonzalo; Tauro, Laura Beatriz; Contigiani de Minio, Marta Silvia; Diaz, Luis Adrian; Guglielmone, Alberto (2014-10)
      Ixodid ticks were collected from wild birds in five ecoregions in north-central Argentina, namely: Selva de las Yungas, Esteros del Iberá, Delta e Islas del Paraná, Selva Paranaense and Chaco Seco. A total of 2199 birds ...
    • Ticks (Acari: Ixodidae, Argasidae) associated with wild birds in Argentina 

      Flores, Fernando Sebastián; Saracho Bottero, Maria Noelia; Tarragona, Evelina Luisa; Sebastian, Patrick; Copa, Griselda N.; Guardia, Leonor; Mangold, Atilio Jose; Venzal, José Manuel; Nava, Santiago (Elsevier, 2023-05)
      The aim of this study was to report tick infestations on wild birds from four Phytogeographic Provinces of Argentina. A total of 1085 birds was captured (124 species, 97 genera, 29 families and 13 orders), and ticks were ...
    • Two novel Ehrlichia (Rickettsiales: Anaplasmataceae) strains detected in ticks (Ixodida, Ixodidae) and opossums (Didelphimorphia: Didelphidae) in Argentina 

      Tarragona, Evelina Luisa; Flores, Fernando Sebastián; Lamattina, Daniela; Torrents, Jorgelina; Sebastian, Patrick; Nava, Santiago (Elsevier, 2022-09)
      The aim of this study is to determine if there is circulation of microorganisms of the genus Ehrlichia in opossums Didelphis albiventris and their ticks from the Humid Chaco in Argentina. Blood samples of 15 specimens of ...