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Epidemiological study of ticks collected from the northern tamandua (Tamandua mexicana) and a literature review of ticks of Myrmecophagidae anteaters

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dc.contributor.authorMuñoz-García, Claudia Irais
dc.contributor.authorGuzmán-Cornejo, Carmen
dc.contributor.authorRendón-Franco, Emilio
dc.contributor.authorVillanueva-García, Claudia
dc.contributor.authorSánchez-Montes, Sokani
dc.contributor.authorAcosta-Gutierrez, Roxana
dc.contributor.authorRomero-Callejas, Evangelina
dc.contributor.authorDíaz-López, Hilda
dc.contributor.authorMartínez-Carrasco Pleite, Carlos
dc.contributor.authorBerriatua Fernández de Larrea, Eduardo
dc.contributor.departmentSanidad Animal
dc.contributor.otherFacultad de Veterinaria
dc.date.accessioned2026-01-07T12:13:16Z
dc.date.available2026-01-07T12:13:16Z
dc.date.copyright© 2019 Elsevier GmbH
dc.date.issued2019-06-08
dc.description.abstractThe family Myrmecophagidae contains three anteater species: Tamandua mexicana (Saussure, 1860), Tamandua tetradactyla (Linnaeus, 1758) and Myrmecophaga tridactyla (Linnaeus, 1758). These American anteater species currently face many conservation threats, among which road traffic accidents stand out. Parasitic studies on this family are scarce, and some of them include records of ectoparasites. Specifically for northern tamandua (T. mexicana), there is a lack of studies at population level. The objectives of the present research were to carry out an epidemiological study of tick species and its abundance on road-killed northern anteater specimens and, moreover, to perform a literature review of ticks collected from anteaters of Myrmecophagidae family. Five tick species were identified, including four Amblyomma spp. and Rhipicephalus sanguineus sensu lato, on 23 roadkilled anteaters. Tick infestation prevalence was 43% (10/23), with a median tick infestation intensity of 3.5 per anteater (interquartile range 1–13.7). The bibliographic review highlighted the existence of twenty-nine ixodid species recorded on the three anteater species from 14 countries, mainly Brazil. The most common tick species on the Myrmecophagidae family are Amblyomma nodosum, A. calcaratum, A. cajennense sensu lato and A. auricularium. Some of these ixodids were also described as vectors of pathogens. Further studies are needed to evaluate the impact of ticks on anteater fitness, and to assess the role of these mammals as reservoirs of vectorborne diseases.
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dc.identifier.citationTicks and Tick-borne Diseases Volume 10, Issue 5, August 2019, Pages 1146-1156
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.ttbdis.2019.06.005
dc.identifier.issn1877-959X
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10201/183789
dc.languageeng
dc.publisherElsevier
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dc.subjectEctoparasite
dc.subjectIxodid
dc.subjectMyrmecophaga
dc.subjectPilosa
dc.subjectXenarthra
dc.subjectEdentata
dc.subject.odsObjetivo 15: Bosques, desertificación y diversidad biológica
dc.subject.odsObjetivo 3: Salud
dc.titleEpidemiological study of ticks collected from the northern tamandua (Tamandua mexicana) and a literature review of ticks of Myrmecophagidae anteaters
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