Ticks of the genus Rhipicephalus (Acari: Ixodidae) in Senegal were reviewed. The data presented originate from a tick collection maintained at IRD’s Laboratory Medical Entomology since 1967 and continuously enriched with samples obtained different vertebrate hosts captured during various projects conducted 1987 to 2007. Fifteen species collected characterized, resulting 1127 referenced collecti...

Keneler, yumurta dönemleri hariç diğer gelişme safhalarında konaklarından kan emmek zorundadırlar. Beslendikleri esnada vektörlük yaptıkları patojenleri de konağa bulaştırırlar. Bu çalışmada kene ısırığı şikâyetiyle hastaneye başvuran hastalardan elde edilen kenelerde Ehrlichia canis ve Coxiella burnetii yaygınlığının moleküler yöntemlerle araştırılması amaçlandı. Çalışmaya 42 kadın 58 erkek ha...

There are only 33 records of rodents of the subfamily Caviinae Fischer de Waldheim, 1817 (Hystricognathi: Caviidae) infested by hard ticks in South America, where the subfamily is established. Caviinae is formed by three genera: Cavia Pallas, 1766, Galea Meyen, 1833 and Microcavia Gervais and Ameghino, 1880. Records of Amblyomma pictum Neumann, 1906, A. dissimile Koch, 1844 and A. pseudoparvum ...

The assemblage of arthropods and helminths, present in sigmodontine rodents (Cricetidae) from a broad wetland area of the Río de la Plata, Argentina, was studied. A total of 250 sigmodontines were captured during a two-year sampling period: Scapteromys aquaticus and Oxymycterus rufus were the most abundant hosts, followed by Oligoryzomys nigripes, Akodon azarae, Oligoryzomys flavescens, and Del...