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First report of Nosomma monstrosum ticks infesting Asian water buffaloes (Bubalus bubalis) in Pakistan (2022)

Art

Zeitschriftenartikel / wissenschaftlicher Beitrag

Autoren

Aiman, Ome

Ullah, Shafi

Chitimia-Dobler, Lidia

Nijhof, Ard M. (WE 13)

Ali, Abid

Quelle

Ticks and tick-borne diseases

Bandzählung: 13

Heftzählung: 2

Seiten: Artikel 101899

ISSN: 1877-959x

Sprache

Englisch

Verweise

URL (Volltext): https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1877959X2200005X

DOI: 10.1016/j.ttbdis.2022.101899

Pubmed: 35026613

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Abstract / Zusammenfassung

Nosomma monstrosum Nuttall & Warburton, 1908 is a hard tick infesting mainly Asian water buffaloes, but it has also been recorded from cattle, horses, bears, dogs, wild boar and humans in the Oriental region. This tick species has previously not been recorded from Pakistan. A total of 15 adult N. monstrosum ticks (five females and ten males) were collected from an Asian water buffalo herd grazing in Haripur district, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP), Pakistan. Molecular characterization using partial 12S, 16S rRNA, and cytochrome c oxidase 1 (cox1) gene sequences confirmed the identity as N. monstrosum. A phylogenetic analysis showed that N. monstrosum from Pakistan is closely related to specimens reported from Sri Lanka and Vietnam.