Analysis of the tick communities associated to domestic mammals in rural areas of the Yungas montane forest from Argentina
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 of ticks parasitizing cattle, horses, sheep and dogs were carried out in differe...
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| author | Copa, Griselda Noemi Flores, Fernando Sebastián Tarragona, Evelina Luisa Lamattina, Daniela Sebastian, Patrick Gil, José F. Mangold, Atilio Jose Venzal, José Manuel Nava, Santiago |
| author_browse | Copa, Griselda Noemi Flores, Fernando Sebastián Gil, José F. Lamattina, Daniela Mangold, Atilio Jose Nava, Santiago Sebastian, Patrick Tarragona, Evelina Luisa Venzal, José Manuel |
| author_facet | Copa, Griselda Noemi Flores, Fernando Sebastián Tarragona, Evelina Luisa Lamattina, Daniela Sebastian, Patrick Gil, José F. Mangold, Atilio Jose Venzal, José Manuel Nava, Santiago |
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| description | 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 of ticks parasitizing cattle, horses, sheep and dogs were carried out in different seasons, and questing ticks were collected from vegetation and analyzed to detect the presence of Rickettsia, Ehrlichia, Borrelia and Babesia by a battery of different PCRs. The structure of the tick communities was analyzed through the Chao1 species richness estimator, the Shannon–Wiener index and the Horn index of community similarity. Eight tick species were collected in the study area: Amblyomma sculptum, Rhipicephalus microplus, Amblyomma hadanii, Dermacentor nitens, Amblyomma ovale, Haemaphysalis juxtakochi, Ixodes pararicinus and Rhipicephalus sanguineus sensu stricto. However, A. sculptum was by far the dominant species in the tick assemblages analyzed, and this was reflected in the low diversity values obtained. Dermacentor nitens, A. sculptum and R. microplus were the three species associated to horses. The predominance of A. sculptum was also observed in the tick samples obtained from dogs, even on two tick species, namely A. ovale and R. sanguineus s.s., which have dogs as the principal domestic host. Rhipicephalus microplus and A. sculptum were the most abundant ticks on cattle, while few specimens of I. pararicinus, A. hadanii and D. nitens were found on bovines. Dermacentor nitens ticks were found to be infected with B. caballi, which indicate the circulation of this pathogen of horses in the Yungas area. The detection of a strain of Borrelia sp. belonging to the B. burgdorferi s.l. complex in I. pararicinus is consistent with previous findings made in Argentina, but the public health relevance of this vector-microorganism association is far from being similar to that occurs in the northern hemisphere because there are practically no records of these tick species parasitizing humans in South America. The tick community of rural areas of the Yungas lower montane forest is composed by species which are potential vectors of pathogenic microorganism with veterinary and public health importance, circulating in a human-wildlife-livestock interface. |
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| spelling | INTA141522025-05-05T12:25:15Z Analysis of the tick communities associated to domestic mammals in rural areas of the Yungas montane forest from Argentina Copa, Griselda Noemi Flores, Fernando Sebastián Tarragona, Evelina Luisa Lamattina, Daniela Sebastian, Patrick Gil, José F. Mangold, Atilio Jose Venzal, José Manuel Nava, Santiago Ixodidae Zonas Rurales Argentina Rural Areas Tick-borne Diseases Enfermedades Transmitidas por Garrapatas Yungas Mamíferos Domésticos Patógenos Transmitidos por Garrapatas Domestic Mammals Tick-borne Pathogens 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 of ticks parasitizing cattle, horses, sheep and dogs were carried out in different seasons, and questing ticks were collected from vegetation and analyzed to detect the presence of Rickettsia, Ehrlichia, Borrelia and Babesia by a battery of different PCRs. The structure of the tick communities was analyzed through the Chao1 species richness estimator, the Shannon–Wiener index and the Horn index of community similarity. Eight tick species were collected in the study area: Amblyomma sculptum, Rhipicephalus microplus, Amblyomma hadanii, Dermacentor nitens, Amblyomma ovale, Haemaphysalis juxtakochi, Ixodes pararicinus and Rhipicephalus sanguineus sensu stricto. However, A. sculptum was by far the dominant species in the tick assemblages analyzed, and this was reflected in the low diversity values obtained. Dermacentor nitens, A. sculptum and R. microplus were the three species associated to horses. The predominance of A. sculptum was also observed in the tick samples obtained from dogs, even on two tick species, namely A. ovale and R. sanguineus s.s., which have dogs as the principal domestic host. Rhipicephalus microplus and A. sculptum were the most abundant ticks on cattle, while few specimens of I. pararicinus, A. hadanii and D. nitens were found on bovines. Dermacentor nitens ticks were found to be infected with B. caballi, which indicate the circulation of this pathogen of horses in the Yungas area. The detection of a strain of Borrelia sp. belonging to the B. burgdorferi s.l. complex in I. pararicinus is consistent with previous findings made in Argentina, but the public health relevance of this vector-microorganism association is far from being similar to that occurs in the northern hemisphere because there are practically no records of these tick species parasitizing humans in South America. The tick community of rural areas of the Yungas lower montane forest is composed by species which are potential vectors of pathogenic microorganism with veterinary and public health importance, circulating in a human-wildlife-livestock interface. EEA Rafaela Fil: Copa, Griselda N. Universidad Nacional de Salta. Facultad de Ciencias Naturales. Cátedra de Química Biológica; Argentina Fil: Flores,Fernando S. Universidad Nacional de Córdoba. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas, Físicas y Naturales. Centro de Investigaciones Entomológicas de Córdoba (CIEC); Argentina Fil: Tarragona, Evelina. Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA). Estación Experimental Agropecuaria Rafaela. Instituto de Investigación de la Cadena Láctea (IDICAL); Argentina Fil: Tarragona, Evelina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Instituto de Investigación de la Cadena Láctea (IDICAL); Argentina Fil: Lamattina, Daniela. Instituto Nacional de Medicina Tropical (INMeT); Argentina Fil: Sebastian, Patrick. Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA). Estación Experimental Agropecuaria Rafaela. Instituto de Investigación de la Cadena Láctea (IDICAL); Argentina Fil: Sebastian, Patrick. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Instituto de Investigación de la Cadena Láctea (IDICAL); Argentina Fil: Gil, Jose F. Universidad Nacional de Salta. Instituto de Investigaciones de Enfermedades Tropicales. Sede Regional Orán; Argentina Fil: Mangold, Atilio. Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA). Estación Experimental Agropecuaria Rafaela. Instituto de Investigación de la Cadena Láctea (IDICAL); Argentina Fil: Mangold, Atilio. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Instituto de Investigación de la Cadena Láctea (IDICAL); Argentina Fil: Venzal, José Manuel. Universidad de la República. Facultad de Veterinaria. CENUR Litoral Norte. Laboratorio de Vectores y Enfermedades Transmitidas; Uruguay Fil: Nava, Santiago. Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA). Estación Experimental Agropecuaria Rafaela; Argentina Fil: Nava, Santiago. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina Fil: Nava, Santiago. Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA). Estación Experimental Agropecuaria Rafaela. Instituto de Investigación de la Cadena Láctea (IDICAL); Argentina 2023-03-06T17:34:20Z 2023-03-06T17:34:20Z 2023-04 info:ar-repo/semantics/artículo info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12123/14152 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2405939023000205 2405-9390 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.vprsr.2023.100850 eng info:eu-repograntAgreement/INTA/2019-PE-E5-I109-001/2019-PE-E5-I109-001/AR./Convocatoria: Estudios para el control de enfermedades subtropicales y/o transmitidas por vectores (Tristeza Bovina, Garrapatas, Miasis, Tripanosomiasis, Lengua Azul y la info:eu-repo/semantics/restrictedAccess http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/ Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0) application/pdf Elsevier Veterinary Parasitology: Regional Studies and Reports 39 : 100850 (2023) |
| spellingShingle | Ixodidae Zonas Rurales Argentina Rural Areas Tick-borne Diseases Enfermedades Transmitidas por Garrapatas Yungas Mamíferos Domésticos Patógenos Transmitidos por Garrapatas Domestic Mammals Tick-borne Pathogens Copa, Griselda Noemi Flores, Fernando Sebastián Tarragona, Evelina Luisa Lamattina, Daniela Sebastian, Patrick Gil, José F. Mangold, Atilio Jose Venzal, José Manuel Nava, Santiago Analysis of the tick communities associated to domestic mammals in rural areas of the Yungas montane forest from Argentina |
| title | Analysis of the tick communities associated to domestic mammals in rural areas of the Yungas montane forest from Argentina |
| title_full | Analysis of the tick communities associated to domestic mammals in rural areas of the Yungas montane forest from Argentina |
| title_fullStr | Analysis of the tick communities associated to domestic mammals in rural areas of the Yungas montane forest from Argentina |
| title_full_unstemmed | Analysis of the tick communities associated to domestic mammals in rural areas of the Yungas montane forest from Argentina |
| title_short | Analysis of the tick communities associated to domestic mammals in rural areas of the Yungas montane forest from Argentina |
| title_sort | analysis of the tick communities associated to domestic mammals in rural areas of the yungas montane forest from argentina |
| topic | Ixodidae Zonas Rurales Argentina Rural Areas Tick-borne Diseases Enfermedades Transmitidas por Garrapatas Yungas Mamíferos Domésticos Patógenos Transmitidos por Garrapatas Domestic Mammals Tick-borne Pathogens |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12123/14152 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2405939023000205 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.vprsr.2023.100850 |
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