Journal
JOURNAL OF MEDICAL ENTOMOLOGY
Volume 58, Issue 2, Pages 947-949Publisher
OXFORD UNIV PRESS INC
DOI: 10.1093/jme/tjaa204
Keywords
America; exotic tick; human parasitism; travel
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- Fundacao de Amparo a Pesquisa do Estado de Sao Paulo, Brazil
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This report highlights the detection of an exotic tick, Dermacentor andersoni, in Brazil attached to a traveler returning from the United States. It is the fifth record of D. andersoni as an exotic tick, and the second record of an exotic tick on a South American traveler.
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.
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