Potential Species Distribution and Richness of Ixodidae Ticks Associated with Wild Vertebrates from Michoacán, Mexico
Read full paper at: http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=50297#.VDSY91fHRK0 Author(s) Margarita Vargas-Sandoval 1* , Angel G. Priego-Santander 2 , Alejandra Larrazábal 2 , Carolina G. Sosa-Gutiérrez 3 , Blanca Lara-Chávez 1 , Teresita Avila-Val 1 Affiliation(s) 1 Facultad de Agrobiología “Presidente Juárez”, Universidad Michoacana de San Nicolás de Hidalgo, Uruapan, México . 2 Centro de Investigaciones en Geografía Ambiental, UNAM, Antigua Carretera a Pátzcuaro No. 8701, ExHacienda de San José de la Huerta, Morelia, México . 3 Unidad de Investigación Médica de Enfermedades Infecciosas y Parasitarias, Hospital de Pediatría, Centro Médico Nacional Siglo XXI, México, DF, México . ABSTRACT Ticks are regarded as the most relevant vectors of disease-causing pathogens in domestic and wild animals. The diversity of Ixodidae is known for a very small number of genera. Ixodes are represented ...