Ticks infesting terrestrial small mammals in a rural settlement in the Amazonas state, Brazil.
Amblyomma
Ornithodoros mimon
Didelphimorphia
Ecotone
Rodentia
Journal
Experimental & applied acarology
ISSN: 1572-9702
Titre abrégé: Exp Appl Acarol
Pays: Netherlands
ID NLM: 8507436
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
01 Aug 2024
01 Aug 2024
Historique:
received:
14
03
2024
accepted:
16
07
2024
medline:
1
8
2024
pubmed:
1
8
2024
entrez:
1
8
2024
Statut:
aheadofprint
Résumé
There is limited knowledge about tick diversity in the Amazon region. Here, we survey small terrestrial mammals for tick infestation at the Rio Pardo settlement, Amazonas State, Brazil. Sampling included rainy and dry seasons and four ecotones (primary forest, forest in regeneration, field crops and households). Each animal was inspected for ticks, which, if present, were placed in 70% alcohol and identified. Parasitological indexes were calculated and the presence/absence of ticks on hosts was tested for possible associations with independent variables (ecotone, host sex, host order, host family, host age and season). A total of 208 small mammals were captured, 47 individuals (10 species) in the primary forest, 124 (15 species) in the forest in regeneration, 11 (7 species) in the field crops, and 26 (4 species) in the households. A total of 14 small mammals were infested by ticks (overall prevalence: 6.7%; 95% CI: 3.72 - 11.04%), which consisted of 51 specimens that were identified into four species, as follows: Amblyomma humerale (32 nymphs); Ixodes luciae (6 females); Amblyomma coelebs (1 nymph); and Ornithodoros mimon (1 larva). In addition, 11 larvae were retained as Amblyomma spp. Only host order showed association (P = 0.002) with tick infestation, with marsupials 5.5 times more infested than rodents. Our record of O. mimon on D. marsupialis is the first on this host species, and the first record of a Argasidae tick in the Brazilian state of Amazonas. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first study that actively screened free-living terrestrial small mammals and provided data on prevalence, mean intensity and mean abundance of tick infestations in the Brazilian Amazonas state.
Identifiants
pubmed: 39088133
doi: 10.1007/s10493-024-00950-3
pii: 10.1007/s10493-024-00950-3
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
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Subventions
Organisme : Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo
ID : 2022/10161-0
Organisme : Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico
ID : 301641/2019-6
Organisme : Fundação Amazônia Paraense de Amparo à Pesquisa
ID : 065/2023
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© 2024. The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer Nature Switzerland AG.
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