Analysis of the tick communities associated to domestic mammals in rural areas of the Yungas montane forest from Argentina

Autores
Copa, Griselda Noemi; Flores, Fernando Sebastián; Tarragona, Evelina Luisa; Lamattina, Daniela; Sebastian, Patrick; Gil, José F.; Mangold, Atilio Jose; Venzal, José Manuel; Nava, Santiago
Año de publicación
2023
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versión publicada
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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
Fuente
Veterinary Parasitology: Regional Studies and Reports 39 : 100850 (2023)
Materia
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
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spelling Analysis of the tick communities associated to domestic mammals in rural areas of the Yungas montane forest from ArgentinaCopa, Griselda NoemiFlores, Fernando SebastiánTarragona, Evelina LuisaLamattina, DanielaSebastian, PatrickGil, José F.Mangold, Atilio JoseVenzal, José ManuelNava, SantiagoIxodidaeZonas RuralesArgentinaRural AreasTick-borne DiseasesEnfermedades Transmitidas por GarrapatasYungasMamíferos DomésticosPatógenos Transmitidos por GarrapatasDomestic MammalsTick-borne PathogensThe 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 RafaelaFil: Copa, Griselda N. Universidad Nacional de Salta. Facultad de Ciencias Naturales. Cátedra de Química Biológica; ArgentinaFil: Flores,Fernando S. Universidad Nacional de Córdoba. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas, Físicas y Naturales. Centro de Investigaciones Entomológicas de Córdoba (CIEC); ArgentinaFil: Tarragona, Evelina. Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA). Estación Experimental Agropecuaria Rafaela. Instituto de Investigación de la Cadena Láctea (IDICAL); ArgentinaFil: Tarragona, Evelina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Instituto de Investigación de la Cadena Láctea (IDICAL); ArgentinaFil: Lamattina, Daniela. Instituto Nacional de Medicina Tropical (INMeT); ArgentinaFil: Sebastian, Patrick. Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA). Estación Experimental Agropecuaria Rafaela. Instituto de Investigación de la Cadena Láctea (IDICAL); ArgentinaFil: Sebastian, Patrick. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Instituto de Investigación de la Cadena Láctea (IDICAL); ArgentinaFil: Gil, Jose F. Universidad Nacional de Salta. Instituto de Investigaciones de Enfermedades Tropicales. Sede Regional Orán; ArgentinaFil: Mangold, Atilio. Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA). Estación Experimental Agropecuaria Rafaela. Instituto de Investigación de la Cadena Láctea (IDICAL); ArgentinaFil: Mangold, Atilio. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Instituto de Investigación de la Cadena Láctea (IDICAL); ArgentinaFil: Venzal, José Manuel. Universidad de la República. Facultad de Veterinaria. CENUR Litoral Norte. Laboratorio de Vectores y Enfermedades Transmitidas; UruguayFil: Nava, Santiago. Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA). Estación Experimental Agropecuaria Rafaela; ArgentinaFil: Nava, Santiago. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; ArgentinaFil: Nava, Santiago. Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA). Estación Experimental Agropecuaria Rafaela. 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dc.title.none.fl_str_mv 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
spellingShingle Analysis of the tick communities associated to domestic mammals in rural areas of the Yungas montane forest from Argentina
Copa, Griselda Noemi
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
title_short 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_sort Analysis of the tick communities associated to domestic mammals in rural areas of the Yungas montane forest from Argentina
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv 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 Copa, Griselda Noemi
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
author_role author
author2 Flores, Fernando Sebastián
Tarragona, Evelina Luisa
Lamattina, Daniela
Sebastian, Patrick
Gil, José F.
Mangold, Atilio Jose
Venzal, José Manuel
Nava, Santiago
author2_role author
author
author
author
author
author
author
author
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv 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
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
dc.description.none.fl_txt_mv 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
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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