La vida silvestre del complejo Ixodes affinis (Acari: Ixodidae) y su adaptación a las áreas rurales de México

Roger Iván Rodriguez Vivas; Daniel Sokani Sáchez Montes; Pablo Colunga Salas; Gabriela Janett Flota Burgos

doi:10.19137/cienvet.v27.8319

Roger Iván Rodriguez Vivas Autonomous University of Yucatan
Daniel Sokani Sáchez Montes Veracruz University. Faculty of Veterinary Medicine and Zootechnics
Pablo Colunga Salas Universidad Veracruzana Institute of Biotechnology and Applied Ecology
Gabriela Janett Flota Burgos Autonomous University of Yucatan https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5192-2668

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.19137/cienvet.v27.8319

Keywords:

Ixodes affinis complex, Wild tick, Dog, México

Abstract

Ixodes affinis is a tick that belongs to a group that includes four species which are distributed from northern Argentina to Canada. A single species, Ixodes keieransi, has been reported in six states of Mexico republic, feeding on mammals and birds, mainly of
wild habits. This species of tick has been incriminated as a potential vector of Borreli burgdorferi, the etiological agent of Lyme disease, between wild and domestic animals. Despite being reported mainly in wild animals; it can parasitize domestic animals such
as dogs when they are taken to the jungle or forests for hunting or recreational activities. This document shows the morphological description of the tick, hosts, life cycle, ecology, distribution, and adaptation of this wild species into rural areas of Mexico.

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Author Biographies

Roger Iván Rodriguez Vivas, Autonomous University of Yucatan

Full-time “C” professor at the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine and Zootechnics of the Autonomous University of Yucatán.
Member and coordinator of the Academic Body of Animal Health, responsible for the Parasitology laboratory
of the FMVZ-UADY and head of the Department of Preventive Medicine and Animal Health. Member
of the National System of Researchers with level 3. Expert advisor to the UN-FAO for tick control and
resistance to ixodicides.

Daniel Sokani Sáchez Montes, Veracruz University. Faculty of Veterinary Medicine and Zootechnics

Biologist with a Diploma in Veterinary Epidemiology and a Doctor in Biomedical Sciences. Full-Time Professor C of the Faculty of Biological and Agricultural Sciences, Poza Rica-Tuxpan region of the
Universidad Veracruzana and member of the Academic Body “Sustainable Agricultural Production and Animal Health”.
Areas of specialization: Medical Entomology and the Molecular Epidemiology of Zoonotic Diseases. Member of the
National System of Level Researchers.

Pablo Colunga Salas, Universidad Veracruzana Institute of Biotechnology and Applied Ecology

Biologist, M. in C. and Dr. Full-Time Academic Technician C at the Institute of Biotechnology and Applied Ecology of the
Universidad Veracruzana. My areas of specialization are the epidemiology and ecology of zoonotic diseases, with interest
in population genetics and evolution of zoonotic agents and their hosts. Member of the National System of Level I
Researchers.

Gabriela Janett Flota Burgos, Autonomous University of Yucatan

MVZ, MSc, DSc. Research assistant at the FMVZ-UADY Parasitology laboratory. Teaching support in the MVZ degree
at the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine and Zootechnics of the UADY. Member of the National System of Researchers
with the candidate level.

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