Publications by authors named "Marcelo D Gamboa"
Ticks Tick Borne Dis
July 2020
Article Synopsis
- The study investigated the presence of Rickettsia bacteria in soft ticks collected from insect-eating bats in Santa Fe, Argentina.
- Researchers used morphological identification and genetic sequencing to analyze the ticks and found one tick positive for "Candidatus Rickettsia wissemanii," marking it as the first detection of this Rickettsia in Ornithodoros ticks within Argentina.
- Additionally, the study contributes to understanding host associations by identifying two bat species, Eptesicus diminutus and Eptesicus furinalis, as new hosts for O. hasei ticks, expanding the known range of this tick species.
