Detection of Dermacentor andersoni (Acari: Ixodidae) in Brazil on a Human Traveler Returning from the United States. Issue 2 (29th September 2020)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Faccini-Martínez, Álvaro A; Martins, Thiago F; Silveira, Iara; Labruna, Marcelo B
• Editors: Foley, Janet
• Is Part Of: Journal of medical entomology. Volume 58:Issue 2(2021)
• Page Start: 947
• Page End: 949
• Publication Date: 2020-09-29
• Subjects: America -- exotic tick -- human parasitism -- travel; Insects as carriers of disease -- Periodicals; 616.968
• DOI: 10.1093/jme/tjaa204
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0022-2585

Abstract

Abstract: Only one previous record of an exotic tick on a Brazilian traveler has been reported. Here, we report the detection of Dermacentor andersoni (Stiles) in Brazil while attached to a human traveler returning from the United States. This report is the fifth record of D. andersoni as an exotic tick, and the second record of an exotic tick on a South American traveler.