Publications by authors named "Jessica Rhaiza Mudrek"
Diversity of rickettsiae in ticks (Acari: Ixodidae) collected from wild vertebrates in part of the Amazon, Cerrado, and Pantanal biomes in Brazil.
Rev Bras Parasitol Vet
October 2023
Article Synopsis
- - Ticks were collected from 102 wild animals in Mato Grosso and Goiás, Brazil, between 2015 and 2018, yielding a total of 2,338 ticks across four genera and at least 21 species.
- - A molecular survey on 650 of the ticks identified various Rickettsial species, including Rickettsia amblyommatis and Rickettsia parkeri, linked to specific tick species.
- - This research enhances the understanding of tick parasitism in wild animals and provides valuable insights into the epidemiology of tick-borne diseases in Brazil's Center-West region.
A new species of Pseudopaludicola is described from human-altered areas originally covered by Semideciduous Forest in northwestern state of São Paulo, southeastern Brazil. Morphologically, the new species differs from four species belonging to the P. pusilla group by the absence of either T-shaped terminal phalanges or toe tips expanded, and from all other congeners except P.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFDue to minute size, overall morphological similarities, scarcity of diagnostic characters after preservation, and usual sympatric or even syntopic occurrence of two or more species of Pseudopaludicola, the taxonomy of the genus is not yet a matter of consensus. Three species in the genus Pseudopaludicola Miranda-Ribeiro, 1926 were described by Cope in 1887, based on material obtained at Chapada dos Guimarães, mid-western state of Mato Grosso, Brazil. One of these species, Pseudopaludicola ameghini, was subsequently synonymized to P.
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