Dantas-Torres Filipe
Departamento de Imunologia, Centro de Pesquisas Aggeu Magalhães, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, Caixa Postal 7472, Avenida Professor Moraes Rego s/n, Campus UFPE, Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil.
Vet Parasitol. 2008 Apr 15;152(3-4):173-85. doi: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2007.12.030. Epub 2008 Jan 3.
Rhipicephalus sanguineus, commonly known as the brown dog tick, is a three-host tick that feeds primarily on dogs and occasionally on other hosts, including humans. R. sanguineus ticks are widely distributed around the world and they are known vectors of pathogens, such as Babesia canis, Ehrlichia canis, and Rickettsia conorii. The increasing number of cases of human parasitism by R. sanguineus ticks reported in the literature indicates that the interaction between humans and R. sanguineus ticks may be more common than it is actually recognized. The indiscriminate use of acaricides is an emerging problem worldwide and has led to the selection of acaricide resistant tick strains. In this article, the medical and veterinary importance, taxonomy, biology, and ecology of R. sanguineus ticks around the world are reviewed. It also discusses the current strategies for the control of R. sanguineus, highlighting the potential risks associated to the improper use of acaricides, such as environmental pollution and toxicity to humans and other non-target organisms (e.g., tick predators).
血红扇头蜱，通常被称为棕狗蜱，是一种三宿主蜱，主要以狗为食，偶尔也会寄生在包括人类在内的其他宿主身上。血红扇头蜱在世界各地广泛分布，是已知的病原体载体，如犬巴贝斯虫、犬埃立克体和康氏立克次体。文献中报道的人类被血红扇头蜱寄生的病例数量不断增加，这表明人类与血红扇头蜱之间的相互作用可能比实际认识到的更为普遍。在全球范围内，不加区分地使用杀螨剂是一个新出现的问题，已导致产生了抗杀螨剂的蜱虫品系。本文综述了世界各地血红扇头蜱的医学和兽医重要性、分类学、生物学和生态学。文章还讨论了当前控制血红扇头蜱的策略，强调了不当使用杀螨剂带来的潜在风险，如环境污染以及对人类和其他非目标生物（如蜱虫捕食者）的毒性。
