Haemaphysalis hoodi (Acari: Ixodidae) on a human from Yaoundé, Cameroon, and its molecular characterization

Archile Paguem; Ben J. Mans; Manchang Kingsley; Alfons Renz; Dmitry A. Apanaskevich; Lidia Chitimia-Dobler

doi:10.1007/s00436-022-07613-5

Haemaphysalis hoodi (Acari: Ixodidae) on a human from Yaoundé, Cameroon, and its molecular characterization

Archile Paguem
, Ben J. Mans
, Manchang Kingsley
, Alfons Renz
, Dmitry A. Apanaskevich
, Lidia Chitimia-Dobler

Biology

University of Tübingen
University of Buea
Agricultural Research Council
University of Pretoria
University of South Africa
Georgia Southern University
Russian Academy of Sciences
Bundeswehr Institute of Microbiology

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Abstract

The genus Haemaphysalis Koch, 1844 (Acari: Ixodidae) is the second-largest genus, with more than 170 described species that primarily parasitize mammals and birds (Guglielmone et al. 2014, Guglielmone et al. Zootaxa 4871(1): 001-322, 2020). Haemaphysalis species are three-host ticks, mainly distributed in southern and southeastern Asia and tropical Africa (Guglielmone et al. 2014). The present study identified a tick, Haemaphysalis hoodi Warburton & Nuttall, 1909, collected from a human in Yaoundé, Cameroon. This tick species feed on birds in sub-Saharan Africa. To the best of our knowledge, this is the second record of H. hoodi from humans. In addition, 16S ribosomal RNA and cytochrome oxidase I sequences were generated for this species for the first time. Screening pan-Rickettsia-PCR infection gave a negative result.

Original language	English
Journal	Parasitology Research
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/s00436-022-07613-5
State	Published - Oct 2022

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General Veterinary
Insect Science
Infectious Diseases

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Cameroon
Haemaphysalis hoodi
Human
Tick

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