Bonifácio, Lucas Lisboa Nunes
Sales, Kamila Gaudêncio da Silva
Cardoso, Ennya Rafaella Neves
Krawczak, Felipe da Silva
Dantas-Torres, Filipe
Funding for this research was provided by:
Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (310174/2025-2)
Article History
Received: 6 November 2025
Accepted: 26 January 2026
First Online: 19 February 2026
Declarations
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: Ticks used herein were collected in the framework of a previous study (project no. 66/2014) that received approval from the Committee on Ethics in the Use of Animals at the Aggeu Magalhães Institute, Brazil.
: Not applicable.
: FDT is Editor-in-Chief of Parasites and Vectors . The peer review of this paper has been independently handled by Anna Bajer (Subject Editor). The other authors reported no potential conflict of interest.