First Report of the Bat Tick Carios kelleyi (Acari: Ixodida: Argasidae) From Vermont, United States ...

(Uploaded by Plazi for the Bat Literature Project) The soft tick Carios kelleyi (Cooley and Kohls, 1941) is an ectoparasite of bats that can harbor bacteria known to cause disease in humans, such as Rickettsia spp., Bartonella spp., and relapsing fever Borrelia spp. Humantick encounters may occur wh...

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Main Authors: Sullivan, Cheryl Frank, Occi, James L, Brennan, Reilly N, Robbins, Richard G, Skinner, Margaret, Bennett, Alyssa B, Parker, Bruce L, Fonseca, Dina M, Foley, Janet
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:unknown
Published: Zenodo 2022
Subjects:
Biodiversity
Mammalia
Chiroptera
Chordata
Animalia
bats
bat
Canis lupus
Online Access:https://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13427198
https://zenodo.org/doi/10.5281/zenodo.13427198
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Summary:(Uploaded by Plazi for the Bat Literature Project) The soft tick Carios kelleyi (Cooley and Kohls, 1941) is an ectoparasite of bats that can harbor bacteria known to cause disease in humans, such as Rickettsia spp., Bartonella spp., and relapsing fever Borrelia spp. Humantick encounters may occur when bats occupy attics or similar dwellings with access points to human-inhabited areas. During May 2021, a partially engorged adult female C. kelleyi was collected from a Vermont home with an attic that was being used as a roost by big brown bats, Eptesicus fuscus (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae). The source of the blood in the tick was the domestic dog, Canis lupus familiaris. Subsequently, eight C. kelleyi larvae were collected from a rescued E. fuscus adult. This is the first report of a soft tick species from Vermont and it is unknown how long C. kelleyi has been present in this state. Reports of C. kelleyi are on the rise across the northeastern United States but the implications for the health of humans, ...

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