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SUBMITTER: Millan J
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6319024 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Apr
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Millán Javier J Travaini Alejandro A Cevidanes Aitor A Sacristán Irene I Rodríguez Alejandro A
International journal for parasitology. Parasites and wildlife 20181228
We collected blood and/or ectoparasites from 49 South American grey foxes (<i>Lycalopex griseus</i>) and two Andean foxes (<i>L. culpaeus</i>) caught in two National Parks of southern Argentine Patagonia (Bosques Petrificados, BPNP; and Monte León, MLNP) where dogs are nearly absent (density < 0.01 dog/km<sup>2</sup>). Common ectoparasites were the flea <i>Pulex irritans</i> (88% prevalence) and the tick <i>Amblyomma tigrinum</i> (29%). Conventional PCR and sequencing of 49 blood samples, 299 fl ...[more]