Muñoz-Leal, Sebastián https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3547-6466
González-Acuña, Daniel
Labruna, Marcelo B.
Venzal, José M.
Funding for this research was provided by:
Comisión Nacional de Investigación Científica y Tecnológica (72140079)
Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (001)
Fondo Nacional de Desarrollo Científico y Tecnológico (1100695, 1130948, 1170972)
Article History
Received: 3 October 2019
Accepted: 7 February 2020
First Online: 20 February 2020
Compliance with ethical standards
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: The authors declare that they have no conflict of interest.
: The collection of ticks was approved by the “Servicio Agrícola y Ganadero” of the Chilean government, and the “Corporación Nacional Forestal” with the licenses 033/2014, 074/2015 and 001/2016. Mice used to feed ticks in the laboratory belong to an animal room in the “Departamento de Medicina Veterinária e Saúde Animal” at the São Paulo University, São Paulo, Brazil. The use of laboratory animals was approved by the Ethics Committee of the Veterinary Faculty from the São Paulo University (CEUA 4425171018). All applicable international, national, and institutional guidelines for the care and use of animals were followed.