Ticks (Ixodidae) parasitizing humans in four provinces of north-western Argentina
- 1 January 1991
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Pathogens and Global Health
- Vol. 85 (5), 539-542
- https://doi.org/10.1080/00034983.1991.11812606
Abstract
In four provinces of north-western Argentina (Catamarca, Jujuy, Salta and Tucumán), between March 1976 and March 1990, 514 ticks were found on humans. They were identified as Rhipicephalus sanguineus group (1 ♂), Boophilus microplus (6 ♂, 1 ♀), Amblyomma parvum (9♂, 13♀), A. cajannense (35♂, 30 ♀, 81 nymphs), A. neitmanni (33 ♂, 41 ♀, 144 nymphs) and Amblyomma spp. (10 nymphs, 110 larvae). Most of the ticks were from the phytogeographical region of Chaco, one (B. microplus) was from an ecotone between the Chaco and the Andean Patagonia region, and the remainder of the ticks were from the Amazon region.Keywords
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