• 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 ...
    • Babesiosis prevalence in malaria-endemic regions of Colombia 

      González Obando, Juliana; Echaide, Ignacio Eduardo; Pabón Vidal, Adriana Lucía; Piñeros Jiménez, Juan Gabriel; Blair Trujillo, Silvia; Tobón Castaño, Alberto (Wolters Kluwer, 2018-07)
      Background & objectives: The presence of Babesia spp in humans, bovine cattle and ticks (the transmitting vector) has not been well characterized in Colombia. Babesia infection in humans can be overlooked due to similarity ...
    • Clinical and epidemiological comparison of Rickettsia parkeri rickettsiosis, related to Amblyomma triste and Amblyomma tigrinum, in Argentina 

      Romer, Yamila; Borras, Pablo; Govedic, Francisco; Nava, Santiago; Carranza, José Ignacio; Santini, María Soledad; Armitano, Rita Inés; Lloveras, Susana (Elsevier, 2020-07)
      The aim of this work was to compare the epidemiological and clinical characteristics of Rickettsia parkeri rickettsiosis related to Amblyomma triste and Amblyomma tigrinum ecological regions in Argentina. We reviewed cases ...
    • Migration of Rhipicephalus microplus ticks among cattle 

      Mazzucco Panizza, Matilde Nahimé; Rossner, Maria Victoria; Signorini Porchiett, Marcelo Lisandro; Nava, Santiago (Royal Entomology Society, 2022-11)
      The aim of this work was to quantitatively analyse the magnitude of the migration of Rhipicephalus microplus ticks among cattle under field conditions, in groups of bovines with different stocking rates. The role of this ...
    • Molecular detection of rickettsial bacteria in ticks of the genus Ixodes from the Southern Cone of America 

      Sebastian, Patrick Stephan; Flores, Fernando Sebastian; Saracho Bottero, Maria Noelia; Tarragona, Evelina Luisa; Venzal, José Manuel; Nava, Santiago (Elsevier, 2020-10)
      To obtain information about rickettsial bacteria in ticks of the genus Ixodes from Argentina and Uruguay, specimens of I. fuscipes (previously named as I. aragaoi), Ixodes pararicinus, Ixodes sp. cf. I. affinis, and Ixodes ...
    • Phylogenetic divergence between Rickettsia amblyommatis strains from Argentina 

      Sebastian, Patrick Stephan; Tarragona, Evelina Luisa; Saracho Bottero, Maria Noelia; Nava, Santiago (Elsevier, 2020-02)
      The aim of this study was to investigate if there is a phylogenetic divergence of Rickettsia amblyommatis strains from different phytogeographic provinces of Argentina and South America. Therefore, ompA and ompB gene ...