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One Health Approach to Identify Research Needs on Rhipicephalus microplus Ticks in the Americas

We aim to provide a harmonized view of the factors that affect the survival and promote the spread of R. microplus in the Neotropics, approaching its different facets of biology, ecology, distribution, and control. We review the interactions among environmental niche, landscape fragmentation, vegeta...

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Autores principales: Estrada-Peña, Agustín, Mallón, Alina Rodríguez, Bermúdez, Sergio, de la Fuente, José, Domingos, Ana, García, Mario Pablo Estrada, Labruna, Marcelo B., Merino, Octavio, Mosqueda, Juan, Nava, Santiago, Cruz, Ricardo Lleonart, Szabó, Matías, Tarragona, Evelina, Venzal, José M.
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Publicado: MDPI 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9612381/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36297237
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/pathogens11101180
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author Estrada-Peña, Agustín
Mallón, Alina Rodríguez
Bermúdez, Sergio
de la Fuente, José
Domingos, Ana
García, Mario Pablo Estrada
Labruna, Marcelo B.
Merino, Octavio
Mosqueda, Juan
Nava, Santiago
Cruz, Ricardo Lleonart
Szabó, Matías
Tarragona, Evelina
Venzal, José M.
author_facet Estrada-Peña, Agustín
Mallón, Alina Rodríguez
Bermúdez, Sergio
de la Fuente, José
Domingos, Ana
García, Mario Pablo Estrada
Labruna, Marcelo B.
Merino, Octavio
Mosqueda, Juan
Nava, Santiago
Cruz, Ricardo Lleonart
Szabó, Matías
Tarragona, Evelina
Venzal, José M.
author_sort Estrada-Peña, Agustín
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description We aim to provide a harmonized view of the factors that affect the survival and promote the spread of R. microplus in the Neotropics, approaching its different facets of biology, ecology, distribution, and control. We review the interactions among environmental niche, landscape fragmentation, vegetal coverage (abiotic traits), and the biotic aspects of its ecology (abundance of domesticated or wild competent hosts), proposing emerging areas of research. We emphasize a holistic view integrating an economically and ecologically sustainable control of infestations and transmitted pathogens by R. microplus in the Neotropics. Examples of research link the trends of climate, the composition of the community of hosts, the landscape features, and a tailored management based on ecological grounds. Our view is that factors driving the spread of R. microplus are complex and deeply interrelated, something that has been seldom considered in control strategies. The effects of climate may affect the dynamics of wildlife or the landscape composition, promoting new patterns of seasonal activity of the tick, or its spread into currently free areas. In this paper we encourage a One Health approach highlighting the main aspects governing the components of the tick’s life cycle and its interactions with livestock and wild animals.
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spelling pubmed-96123812022-10-28 One Health Approach to Identify Research Needs on Rhipicephalus microplus Ticks in the Americas Estrada-Peña, Agustín Mallón, Alina Rodríguez Bermúdez, Sergio de la Fuente, José Domingos, Ana García, Mario Pablo Estrada Labruna, Marcelo B. Merino, Octavio Mosqueda, Juan Nava, Santiago Cruz, Ricardo Lleonart Szabó, Matías Tarragona, Evelina Venzal, José M. Pathogens Opinion We aim to provide a harmonized view of the factors that affect the survival and promote the spread of R. microplus in the Neotropics, approaching its different facets of biology, ecology, distribution, and control. We review the interactions among environmental niche, landscape fragmentation, vegetal coverage (abiotic traits), and the biotic aspects of its ecology (abundance of domesticated or wild competent hosts), proposing emerging areas of research. We emphasize a holistic view integrating an economically and ecologically sustainable control of infestations and transmitted pathogens by R. microplus in the Neotropics. Examples of research link the trends of climate, the composition of the community of hosts, the landscape features, and a tailored management based on ecological grounds. Our view is that factors driving the spread of R. microplus are complex and deeply interrelated, something that has been seldom considered in control strategies. The effects of climate may affect the dynamics of wildlife or the landscape composition, promoting new patterns of seasonal activity of the tick, or its spread into currently free areas. In this paper we encourage a One Health approach highlighting the main aspects governing the components of the tick’s life cycle and its interactions with livestock and wild animals. MDPI 2022-10-13 /pmc/articles/PMC9612381/ /pubmed/36297237 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/pathogens11101180 Text en © 2022 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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Estrada-Peña, Agustín
Mallón, Alina Rodríguez
Bermúdez, Sergio
de la Fuente, José
Domingos, Ana
García, Mario Pablo Estrada
Labruna, Marcelo B.
Merino, Octavio
Mosqueda, Juan
Nava, Santiago
Cruz, Ricardo Lleonart
Szabó, Matías
Tarragona, Evelina
Venzal, José M.
One Health Approach to Identify Research Needs on Rhipicephalus microplus Ticks in the Americas
title One Health Approach to Identify Research Needs on Rhipicephalus microplus Ticks in the Americas
title_full One Health Approach to Identify Research Needs on Rhipicephalus microplus Ticks in the Americas
title_fullStr One Health Approach to Identify Research Needs on Rhipicephalus microplus Ticks in the Americas
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title_short One Health Approach to Identify Research Needs on Rhipicephalus microplus Ticks in the Americas
title_sort one health approach to identify research needs on rhipicephalus microplus ticks in the americas
topic Opinion
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9612381/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36297237
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/pathogens11101180
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