Zeringóta Viviane, Maturano Ralph, Santolin Ísis Daniele Alves Costa, McIntosh Douglas, Famadas Kátia Maria, Daemon Erik, Faccini João Luiz Horacio
Program in Veterinary Sciences, Parasitology Animal Department, Rio de Janeiro Federal Rural University, UFRRJ, Seropédica, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Program in Animal Behavior and Biology, Juiz de Fora Federal University, UFJF, Juiz de Fora, Minas Gerais, Brazil.
Parasitol Res. 2016 May;115(5):2107-10. doi: 10.1007/s00436-016-4978-5. Epub 2016 Mar 11.
Birds are an important component of the life histories and bioecology of a number of tick species and of some tick associated pathogens. An examination of the data concerning bird/tick associations in the Neotropics, showed that the tick Haemaphysalis leporispalustrisis (Packard, 1869) was rarely recorded infesting birds. The current study reports parasitism by H. leporispalustris in wild birds collected from Atlantic rain forest environments in the states of Rio de Janeiro (4LL) and Minas Gerais (17LL, 1NN), Brazil. All ticks were identified morphologically to the genus level; total DNA was extracted from each Haemaphysalis tick and examined by PCR and nucleotide sequencing of fragments of the eukaryotic genes encoding 16S rRNA and 12S rRNA. The bird species Arremon semitorquatus, Corythopis delalandi, Fluvicola nengeta, Troglodytes musculus, and Volatinia jacarina were recorded as hosts for H. leporispalustris for the first time in South America, and Turdus rufiventris represented a new record for Brazil.
鸟类是许多蜱虫物种以及一些与蜱虫相关病原体的生活史和生物生态学的重要组成部分。对新热带地区鸟类/蜱虫关联数据的研究表明，血红扇头蜱（Haemaphysalis leporispalustrisis，Packard，1869）很少被记录到寄生在鸟类身上。本研究报告了在巴西里约热内卢州（4LL）和米纳斯吉拉斯州（17LL，1NN）的大西洋雨林环境中采集的野生鸟类身上发现了血红扇头蜱的寄生情况。所有蜱虫均通过形态学鉴定到属级水平；从每只血红扇头蜱中提取总DNA，并通过PCR以及对编码16S rRNA和12S rRNA的真核基因片段进行核苷酸测序来进行检测。南美首次记录到半领阿瑞雀（Arremon semitorquatus）、德拉氏弯嘴雀（Corythopis delalandi）、内格塔水栖鸟（Fluvicola nengeta）、小家雀鹛（Troglodytes musculus）和贾氏舞雀（Volatinia jacarina）等鸟类物种为血红扇头蜱的宿主，红腹鸫（Turdus rufiventris）则是巴西的新记录。
