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Minaya D, Mendoza J, Iannacone J. Fauna de ectoparásitos en el vampiro común Desmodus rotundus (Geoffroy, 1810) (Chiroptera: Phyllostomidae) de Huarochiri, Lima, y una lista de los ectoparásitos en murciélagos del Perú. Graellsia 2021. [DOI: 10.3989/graellsia.2021.v77.293] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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El murciélago hematófago Desmodus rotundus (Geoffroy, 1810) es una especie de importancia zoonótica y amplia distribución. El propósito de este estudio fue evaluar su fauna ectoparasitaria y elaborar una lista de los artrópodos parásitos presentes en los murciélagos del Perú. Los murciélagos fueron capturados en el distrito de San Bartolomé, provincia de Huarochirí, Lima, Perú. La preparación de la lista se llevó a cabo mediante la búsqueda en las principales bases de datos en línea. Se estudiaron 27 murciélagos, de los cuales el 70,37 % (n = 19) estaban infectados con al menos una especie de ectoparásito. Se registraron las especies de Diptera Strebla wiedemanni Kolenati, 1856, y Trichobius parasiticus Gervais, 1844, y el ixódido Ornithodoros peruvianus Kohls, Clifford & Jones, 1969. La especie de mayor abundancia y prevalencia fue O. peruvianus. Se reportan tres especies de piojos en D. rotundus, que consideramos como parásitos accidentales. En cuanto a la lista, hasta la fecha se han reportado 104 especies de ectoparásitos distribuidos entre los grupos principales: Diptera, Hemiptera, Siphonaptera, Phthiraptera, Mesostigmata e Ixodida a partir de ejemplares de 75 especies de murciélagos en 19 departamentos del Perú. Aspidoptera falcata Wenzel, 1976, y Megistopoda aranea (Coquillett, 1899) (Streblidae) son los ectoparásitos con el mayor número de huéspedes registrados. Lophostoma silvicolum d’Orbigny, 1836; Phyllostomus elongatus (Geoffroy, 1810) y Phyllostomus hastatus (Pallas, 1767) son los huéspedes con el mayor registro de ectoparásitos en murciélagos del Perú (s = 10). Según el nivel de especificidad de los ectoparásitos para sus huéspedes, las especies monoxenas (s = 47) fueron las dominantes, seguidas por las oligoxenas (s = 21). Las regiones geográficas con mayor información acerca de ectoparásitos huéspedes fueron Loreto y Madre de Dios. Es necesario ampliar los estudios ya que el 60.3% de las especies de murciélagos del Perú no tienen registros de ectoparásitos.
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Muñoz-Leal S, Venzal JM, Nava S, Marcili A, González-Acuña D, Martins TF, Labruna MB. Description of a new soft tick species (Acari: Argasidae: Ornithodoros) parasite of Octodon degus (Rodentia: Octodontidae) in northern Chile. Ticks Tick Borne Dis 2020; 11:101385. [PMID: 32014466 DOI: 10.1016/j.ttbdis.2020.101385] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/28/2019] [Revised: 12/17/2019] [Accepted: 01/24/2020] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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A new argasid (Argasidae) tick is herein described based on morphology and molecular data obtained from larvae parasitizing Octodon degus and from ticks collected inside burrows in northern Chile. Unfed laboratory-reared larvae were mounted in slides for morphometrical and morphological analyses. Larvae of Ornithodoros octodontus n. sp. share morphological traits with Ornithodoros quilinensis and Ornithodoros xerophylus, two species associated with rodents in the Argentinean Chaco. However, a longer hypostome with two rows of 21 and 22 denticles each one, and conspicuous leaf-shaped anal plates separate O. octodontus. While nymphal stages of O. octodontus lack cheeks and possess a micromammillated dorsal integument, adults have cheeks and exhibit markedly irregular mammillae along their dorsal surface. Phylogenetic analyses of neotropical Argasidae based on mitochondrial 16S rDNA sequences point that O. octodontus forms a monophyletic group with O. xerophylus and an unidentified Ornithodoros sp. from Bolivia, all of them associated with burrow-dweller rodents. Ornithodoros aragaoi and Ornithodoros davisi, two rare species collected once only in the Peruvian Andean Plateau during 1955 are morphologically closely related with adults and nymphs of O. octodontus. Biological observations of O. octodontus revealed autogenic females. For the moment, subgeneric classification of this new species depends on further biological studies. The fauna of ticks occurring in Chile is now represented by 22 species, 11 belonging to the Argasidae family.
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Affiliation(s)
- Sebastián Muñoz-Leal
- Departamento de Medicina Veterinária Preventiva e Saúde Animal, Faculdade de Medicina Veterinária e Zootecnia, Universidade de São Paulo, Av. Prof. Orlando Marques de Paiva, 87, Cidade Universitária, São Paulo, SP, 05508-270, Brazil.
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- Laboratorio de Vectores y Enfermedades Transmitidas, Facultad de Veterinaria, CENUR Litoral Norte, Salto, Universidad de la República, Rivera 1350, CP 50000, Salto, Uruguay
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- Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria, Estación Experimental Agropecuaria Rafaela and Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas, CC 22, CP 2300, Rafaela, Santa Fe, Argentina
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- Departamento de Medicina Veterinária Preventiva e Saúde Animal, Faculdade de Medicina Veterinária e Zootecnia, Universidade de São Paulo, Av. Prof. Orlando Marques de Paiva, 87, Cidade Universitária, São Paulo, SP, 05508-270, Brazil; Mestrado em Medicina e Bem estar Animal, Universidade Santo Amaro, São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Labotratorio de Parásitos y Enfermedades de Fauna Silvestre, Departamento de Ciencia Animal, Facultad de Ciencias Veterinarias, Universidad de Concepción, Av. Vicente Méndez 595, CP 3780000, Chillán, Ñuble, Chile
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- Departamento de Medicina Veterinária Preventiva e Saúde Animal, Faculdade de Medicina Veterinária e Zootecnia, Universidade de São Paulo, Av. Prof. Orlando Marques de Paiva, 87, Cidade Universitária, São Paulo, SP, 05508-270, Brazil
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- Departamento de Medicina Veterinária Preventiva e Saúde Animal, Faculdade de Medicina Veterinária e Zootecnia, Universidade de São Paulo, Av. Prof. Orlando Marques de Paiva, 87, Cidade Universitária, São Paulo, SP, 05508-270, Brazil
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Muñoz-Leal S, González-Acuña D, Labruna MB, Venzal JM. Redescription of the larva, and description of the nymphal and adult stages of Ornithodoros peruvianus Kohls, Clifford & Jones, 1969 (Acari: Argasidae). Syst Parasitol 2020; 97:201-215. [DOI: 10.1007/s11230-020-09908-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/03/2019] [Accepted: 02/07/2020] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Muñoz-Leal S, Lopes MG, Marcili A, Martins TF, González-Acuña D, Labruna MB. Anaplasmataceae, Borrelia and Hepatozoon agents in ticks (Acari: Argasidae, Ixodidae) from Chile. Acta Trop 2019; 192:91-103. [PMID: 30735640 DOI: 10.1016/j.actatropica.2019.02.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/13/2018] [Revised: 02/04/2019] [Accepted: 02/04/2019] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Microorganisms harbored by Chilean autochthonous ticks have been scarcely studied and current knowledge is restricted to three species of hard ticks only. The current study aimed to assess the presence of Anaplasmataceae, Borrelia and Hepatozoon agents in ticks collected directly from the environment, on reptiles, birds and mammals in twelve localities from northern, central and southern regions of the country and Antarctica. Ticks were identified by means of a morphological and molecular approach. PCR detections point the occurrence of an Anaplasma-like agent and a relapsing fever Borrelia sp. in Ornithodoros spheniscus; an Ehrlichia sp. and a Hepatozoon sp. in Ornithodoros atacamensis; "Candidatus Neoehrlichia chilensis", Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato (s. l.), and Hepatozoon in Ixodes ticks morphologically related to the Ixodes sigelos group; and B. burgdorferi s. l. in Ixodes auritulus. Supported by phylogenetic analyses of characterized microorganisms, this study introduces putative vector roles and initial evidence on possible new agents detected in Chilean ticks.
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Venzal JM, Nava S, González-Acuña D, Mangold AJ, Muñoz-Leal S, Lado P, Guglielmone AA. A new species of Ornithodoros (Acari: Argasidae), parasite of Microlophus spp. (Reptilia: Tropiduridae) from northern Chile. Ticks Tick Borne Dis 2013; 4:128-32. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ttbdis.2012.10.038] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/10/2012] [Revised: 10/02/2012] [Accepted: 10/15/2012] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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