Hallazgo de «Amblyomma tigrinum» por medio de vigilancia activa en la región del Pedemonte en Mendoza, Argentina, durante las estaciones más frías del año

Abstract

Ticks are the most efficient vectors of vector borne diseases after mosquitos. Global and climatic change had increased the spread of these arthropods and the pathogens that they transmit over the world. The relevance of active surveillance of vectors as well as diseases on the animal and human hosts is fundamental for the study of disease epidemiology and hence, prevention. A key for active surveillance of tick borne diseases is tick sampling and identification in hosts but also in the environment. Techniques for environmental sampling of ticks are dragging sampling, which consist on dragging a white cloth to get the ticks along the path. Other methods include carbon dioxide (CO2) release from dry ice or from sodium bicarbonate. The aim of this study is to report the use of sodium bicarbonate technique to catch environmental stages of ticks from recently urbanized Pedemonte region of Mendoza, Argentina.