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Olmeda García, Ángeles Sonia

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Ángeles Sonia
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Olmeda García
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https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/80371
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Universidad Complutense de Madrid
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Veterinaria
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Sanidad Animal
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Sanidad Animal
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Author: Elhachimi, Latifa × Start date: 2020 ×

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    Acaricidal and Repellent Effects of Essential Oils against Ticks: A Review
    (Pathogens, 2021) Selles, Sidi Mohammed Ammar; Kouidri, Mokhtaria; González, Marta G.; González, Julia; Sánchez, María; González Coloma, Azucena; Sanchis, Jaime; Elhachimi, Latifa; Olmeda García, Ángeles Sonia; Tercero, José Maria; Valcárcel, Félix
    Tick control is a priority in order to prevent the transmission of vector-borne diseases. Industrial chemical acaricides and repellents have been the most efficient tools against hard ticks for a long time. However, the appearance of resistances has meant the declining effectiveness of the chemicals available on the market. The trend today is to develop alternative control methods using natural products to replace nonefficient pesticides and to preserve the efficient ones, hoping to delay resistance development. Traditional in vitro evaluation of acaricidal activity or resistance to synthetic pesticides have been reviewed and they mainly focus on just one species, the one host tick (Rhipicephalus (Boophilus) microplus (Acari: Ixodidae)). Recent reports have called for the standardization of natural product components, extraction techniques, and experimental design to fully discover their acaricidal potential. This study reviews the main variables used in the bibliography about the efficiency of natural products against ticks, and it proposes a unification of variables relating to ticks, practical development of bioassays, and estimation of ixodicidal activity.
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    Comparative Ecology of Hyalomma lusitanicum and Hyalomma marginatum Koch, 1844 (Acarina: Ixodidae)
    (Insects, 2020) Valcárcel, Félix; González, Julia; González, Marta G.; Sánchez, María; Tercero, José María; Elhachimi, Latifa; Carbonell Bonelo, Juan David; Olmeda García, Ángeles Sonia
    The genus Hyalomma belongs to the Ixodidae family and includes many tick species. Most species in this genus are African species, but two of them, Hyalomma lusitanicum and Hyalomma marginatum, are also found in Europe and, owing to their morphological similarity, it is very difficult to tell them apart. This is a major concern because their phenology and vector capacities are quite different. Moreover, they share many habitats and both are currently spreading to new areas, probably due to climate change and animal/human movements. In this study, we review the described ecology of the two species and provide further interesting data on H. lusitanicum based on the authors’ experience, which could be useful in assessing the risk they pose to humans and animals.
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    Ticks and Tick-Borne Pathogens Abound in the Cattle Population of the Rabat-Sale Kenitra Region, Morocco
    (Pathogens, 2021) Elhachimi, Latifa; Rogiers, Carolien; Casaert, Stijn; Fellahi, Siham; Van Leeuwen, Thomas; Dermauw, Wannes; Valcárcel, Félix; Olmeda García, Ángeles Sonia; Daminet, Sylvie; Khatat, Sarah El Hamiani; Sahibi, Hamid; Duchateau, Luc
    Tick-borne pathogens cause the majority of diseases in the cattle population in Morocco. In this study, ticks were collected from cattle in the Rabat-Sale-Kenitra region of Morocco and identified morphologically, while tick-borne pathogens were detected in cattle blood samples via polymerase chain reaction assay and sequencing. A total of 3394 adult ixodid ticks were collected from cattle and identified as eight different tick species representing two genera, Hyalomma and Rhipicephalus. The collected ticks consisted of Hyalomma marginatum, Hyalomma anatolicum excavatum, Rhipicephalus sanguineus sensu lato, Rhipicephalus bursa, Hyalomma detritum, Hyalomma lusitanicum, Hyalomma dromedarii, and Hyalomma impeltatum. The overall prevalence of tick-borne pathogens in blood samples was 63.8%, with 29.3% positive for Babesia/Theileria spp., 51.2% for Anaplasma/Ehrlichia spp., and none of the samples positive for Rickettsia spp. Sequencing results revealed the presence of Theileria annulata, Babesia bovis, Anaplasma marginale, Theileria buffeli, Theileria orientalis, Babesia occultans, Anaplasma phagocytophilum, Anaplasma capra, Anaplasma platys, Anaplasma bovis, Ehrlichia minasensis, and one isolate of an unknown bovine Anaplasma sp. Crossbreeds, females, older age, and high tick infestation were the most important risk factors for the abundance of tick-borne pathogens, which occurred most frequently in Jorf El Melha, Sidi Yahya Zaer, Ait Ichou, and Arbaoua locations.