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- Title
Establishment of Tunga trimamillata (Siphonaptera: Tungidae) in Brazil.
- Authors
Linardi, Pedro; Avelar, Daniel; Facury Filho, Elias
- Abstract
Tunga trimamillata is a species of sand flea occurring in Ecuador and Peru parasitizing cattle, goat, sheep, swine, and man. This is the first report of this species in Brazil, having been found on the hooves of cows in Barretos, São Paulo State, and Felixlândia, Minas Gerais State, and previously misidentified as Tunga penetrans. A previous report concerning Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris from Rio Novo, Minas Gerais State, may also be attributed to that species of sand flea, a possible the primary host. Given the large geographical distribution of T. trimamillata, the vast cattle population in Brazil, and the high number of individuals subject to the risk of tungiasis, the number of cases attributed to this sand flea will most likely increase over time.
- Subjects
BRAZIL; SOUTH America; FLEAS; TALITRIDAE; PARASITISM; HYDROCHAERIS
- Publication
Parasitology Research, 2013, Vol 112, Issue 9, p3239
- ISSN
0932-0113
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s00436-013-3501-5