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New records of Haemaphysalis leporispalustris in the Transmexican Volcanic Belt province of Mexico with detection of rickettsial infection

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Haemaphysalis leporispalustris is a hard tick species that have been recorded mainly parasitizing rabbits and birds across the Nearctic and Neotropical regions. Particularly in Mexico, most of the records come from historical collection journeys from before the 1960s. In this paper, we bring new geographical records for this species in Mexico to provide the first genetic data in the country through the amplification of the 16S, COI, and 18S genes, and the detection of a rickettsial agent as well.

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Acknowledgments

We thank Yokomi Nisei Lozano Sardaneta for obtaining micrographs of the specimens; additionally, to Herón Huerta-Jiménez and Beatriz Salceda-Sánchez for the access to facilities to obtain micrographs.

Funding

This research was supported by the Project “Metagenómica de enfermedades infecciosas emergentes y reemergentes transmitidas por artrópodos de la zona del Golfo de México” of the Instituto Nacional de Medicina Genómica and PAPIIT (Programa de Apoyo a Proyectos de Investigacion e Innovacion Tecnologica) IN211418.

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  1. Centro de Medicina Tropical, Unidad de Medicina Experimental, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico City, Mexico

    Sokani Sánchez-Montes, Edith Fernández-Figueroa & Ingeborg Becker

  2. Facultad de Ciencias Biológicas y Agropecuarias región Tuxpan, Universidad Veracruzana, Tuxpan, Veracruz, Mexico

    Sokani Sánchez-Montes

  3. Computational and Integrative Genomics, Instituto Nacional de Medicina Genómica, Mexico City, Mexico

    Edith Fernández-Figueroa & Claudia Rangel-Escareño

  4. Laboratorio del Banco Central de Sangre del Centro Médico Nacional “La Raza”, Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social, Mexico City, Mexico

    Saúl González-Guzmán

  5. Departamento de Investigación, Hospital Regional de Alta Especialidad de Zumpango, Zumpango, Estado de México, Mexico

    Saúl González-Guzmán

  6. Unidad de Investigación Médica en Inmunología e Infectología, Hospital de Infectología, Centro Médico Nacional “La Raza”, Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social, Mexico City, Mexico

    Vladimir Paredes Cervantes

  7. Facultad de Medicina Veterinaria y Zootecnia, Universidad Veracruzana, Veracruz, Mexico

    Gerardo G. Ballados-González

  8. Basic Sciences, Tecnológico de Monterrey Campus Querétaro, Querétaro, Mexico

    Claudia Rangel-Escareño

  9. School of Engineering and Sciences, Tec de Monterrey, Mexico City, Mexico

    Roberto A. Cárdenas-Ovando

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Sánchez-Montes, S., Fernández-Figueroa, E., González-Guzmán, S. et al. New records of Haemaphysalis leporispalustris in the Transmexican Volcanic Belt province of Mexico with detection of rickettsial infection. Parasitol Res 119, 1969–1973 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00436-020-06684-6

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