Seasonal dynamics of Amblyomma cajennense (Fabricius, 1787) sensu stricto in a degraded area of the Amazon biome, with notes on Rickettsia amblyommatis infection

被引：1

作者：

de Araujo, Flavio Eduardo Saraiva ^{[1
]}

Martins, Thiago Fernandes ^{[2
,3
]}

Ramos, Carlos Celso Mendonca ^{[4
]}

Nogueira, Rafael Michael Silva ^{[1
]}

Faccini, Joao Luiz Horacio ^{[5
]}

Tavares, Mariana Avelar ^{[6
]}

de Lima, Nicolas Jalowitzki ^{[6
]}

de Almeida Junior, Eduardo Bezerra ^{[7
]}

de Sousa-Paula, Lucas Christian ^{[8
]}

Dantas-Torres, Filipe ^{[9
]}

da Silva Krawczak, Felipe ^{[6
]}

Costa-Junior, Livio Martins ^{[10
]}

Labruna, Marcelo Bahia ^{[3
]}

Dall'Agnol, Leonardo Teixeira ^{[1
]}

Luz, Hermes Ribeiro ^{[1
,10
]}

机构：

[1] Fed Univ Maranhao UFMA, Postgrad Program Hlth & Environm, Sao Luis, MA, Brazil

[2] Pasteur Inst, Sao Paulo State Dept Hlth, Sao Paulo, SP, Brazil

[3] Univ Sao Paulo, Fac Vet Med & Anim Sci, Dept Prevent Vet Med & Anim Hlth, BR-05508270 Sao Paulo, Brazil

[4] Univ Fed Maranhao, Grad Program Hlth & Technol, Imperatriz, MA, Brazil

[5] Univ Fed Maranhao, Ctr Biol & Hlth Sci, Postgrad Program Hlth Sci, BR-65080805 Sao Luis, Brazil

[6] Goias Fed Univ, Vet & Anim Sci Sch, Goiania, Go, Brazil

[7] Univ Fed Maranhao, Ctr Biol & Hlth Sci, Postgrad Program Biodivers & Conservat, Sao Luis, MA, Brazil

[8] Natl Inst Allergy & Infect Dis, Tick Pathogen Transmiss Unit, Lab Bacteriol, Hamilton, MT USA

[9] Oswaldo Cruz Fdn Fiocruz, Aggeu Magalhaes Inst, Dept Immunol, Recife, PE, Brazil

[10] Univ Fed Maranhao, Ctr Biol & Hlth Sci, Postgrad Program Northeast Biotechnol Network REN, Biodivers & Conservat, Sao Luis, MA, Brazil

来源：

PARASITES & VECTORS | 2023年 / 16卷 / 01期

基金：

巴西圣保罗研究基金会;

关键词：

Amblyomma cajennense; Ixodidae; Population dynamics; Rickettsia; Amazon region; Brazil; FREE-LIVING TICKS; LARVAL BEHAVIORAL DIAPAUSE; IXODES-SCAPULARIS ACARI; ECOLOGICAL ASPECTS; SPOTTED-FEVER; IXODIDAE; TEMPERATURE; OVIPOSITION; HUMIDITY; PATTERNS;

D O I：

10.1186/s13071-023-05978-9

中图分类号：

R38 [医学寄生虫学]; Q [生物科学];

学科分类号：

07 ; 0710 ; 09 ; 100103 ;

摘要：

Background The tick Amblyomma cajennense sensu stricto (A. cajennense s.s.) frequently parasitizes animals and humans in the Amazon biome, in addition to being a vector of Rickettsia amblyommatis. In the present study, we evaluated both the population dynamics of A. cajennense s.s. in a degraded area of the Amazon biome and the presence of rickettsial organisms in this tick population.Methods The study was carried out in a rural area of the Santa Ines municipality (altitude: 24 m a.s.l.), Maranhao state, Brazil. Ticks were collected from the environment for 24 consecutive months, from June 2021 to May 2023. The region is characterized by two warm seasons: a rainy season (November-May) and a dry season (June-October). We characterized the temporal activity of A. cajennense s.s. on the vegetation by examining questing activity for each life stage (larvae, nymphs, adults [males and females]) in relation to the dry and rainy season. Ticks collected in this study were randomly selected and individually tested by a TaqMan real-time PCR assay that targeted a 147-bp fragment of the rickettsial gltA gene.Results Overall, 1843 (62.4%) adults (52.6% females, 47.4% males), 1110 (37.6%) nymphs and 398 larval clusters were collected. All adult females and nymphs were morphologically identified as A. cajennense s.s. Larval activity was observed from April to December, with a peak from June to September (dry season); nymph abundance peaked from September to November (transition period between dry and rainy seasons); and adult ticks were abundant from October to May (spring/summer/early autumn). The infection rate by R. amblyommatis in A. cajennense s.s. ticks was at least 7% (7/99).Conclusion Our data suggest a 1-year generation pattern for A. cajennense s.s., with a well-defined seasonality of larvae, nymphs and adults in the Amazon biome. Larvae predominate during the dry season, nymphs are most abundant in the dry-rainy season transition and adults are most abundant in the rainy season. The presence of R. amblyommatis in adult ticks suggests that animals and humans in the study region are at risk of infection by this species belonging to the spotted fever group of Rickettsia.

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[1] Seasonal dynamics of Amblyomma cajennense (Fabricius, 1787) sensu stricto in a degraded area of the Amazon biome, with notes on Rickettsia amblyommatis infection
Flávio Eduardo Saraiva de Araújo
Thiago Fernandes Martins
Carlos Celso Mendonça Ramos
Rafael Michael Silva Nogueira
João Luiz Horacio Faccini
Mariana Avelar Tavares
Nicolas Jalowitzki de Lima
Eduardo Bezerra de Almeida Júnior
Lucas Christian de Sousa-Paula
Filipe Dantas-Torres
Felipe da Silva Krawczak
Livio Martins Costa-Junior
Marcelo Bahia Labruna
Leonardo Teixeira Dall′Agnol
Hermes Ribeiro Luz
Parasites & Vectors, 16

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