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Table 1 List of tick species in which trypanosomes have been detected using molecular detection methods, including the present study

From: Phylogenetic evidence for a clade of tick-associated trypanosomes

Geographical origin

Tick species

Trypanosoma species/strain

Tick feeding status

References

Europe

Slovakia

Ixodes ricinus

Trypanosoma sp. strain Bratislava 1

Questing (unfed) ticks

[14]

 

France

Ixodes ricinus

Trypanosoma sp.

Questing (unfed) ticks, and ticks (engorged) collected on roe deer (Capreolus capreolus)

This study

 

Italy

Ixodes ricinus

Trypanosoma pestanai

Ticks (engorged) collected on badgers (Meles meles)

[9]

 

Italy

Ixodes canisuga

Trypanosoma pestanai

Ticks (engorged) collected on badgers (Meles meles)

[9]

Asia

Pakistan

Hyalomma anatolicum

Trypanosoma sp. strain t-PACA-88

Ticks (engorged) collected on cattle

[27]

 

Japan

Haemaphysalis flava

Trypanosoma sp. strain 17ISK-T2, Trypanosoma sp. strain 17ISK-T22

Questing (unfed) ticks

[47]

 

Japan

Haemaphysalis hystricis

Trypanosoma sp.

Questing (unfed) ticks

[48]

South America

Argentina

Rhipicephalus microplus

Trypanosoma rhipicephalis strain Chaco CB

Ticks (engorged) collected on cattle

[49]

 

Brazil

Rhipicephalus microplus

Trypanosoma rhipicephalis strain P1RJ

Ticks (engorged) collected on cattle

[16]

 

Brazil

Amblyomma brasiliense

Trypanosoma amblyommi

Ticks (engorged) collected on a white-lipped peccary (Tayassu pecari)

[16]

 

French Guiana

Amblyomma oblongoguttatum

Trypanosoma sp.

Questing (unfed) ticks

This study

Oceania

Australia

Ixodes australiensis

Trypanosoma copemani, T. vegrandis

Ticks (engorged) collected on marsupial hosts

[12, 21]

 

Australia

Ixodes tasmani

Trypanosoma copemani, T. vegrandis, T. gilletti, T. irwini, Trypanosoma sp. AB-2017

Ticks (engorged) collected on marsupial hosts

[12, 22]

 

Australia

Ixodes woyliei

Trypanosoma copemani, T. vegrandis

Ticks (engorged) collected on marsupial hosts

[12]

 

Australia

Ixodes myrmecobii

Trypanosoma sp.

Ticks (engorged) collected on marsupial hosts

[12]

 

Australia

Ixodes holocyclus

Trypanosoma copemani, T. gilletti, T. irwini, Trypanosoma sp. AB-2017

Questing (unfed) ticks, and ticks (engorged) collected on koalas (Phascolarctos cinereus)

[21, 24]

 

Australia

Haemaphysalis bancrofti

Trypanosoma vegrandis, Trypanosoma sp. nov. HB

Questing (unfed) ticks

[24]

 

Australia

Amblyomma triguttatum

Trypanosoma copemani, T. vegrandis, T. noyesi

Questing (unfed) ticks, and ticks (engorged) collected on marsupial hosts

[12, 36]