New insights into the systematics of the Afrotropical Amblyomma marmoreum complex (Acari, Ixodidae) and a novel Rickettsia africae strain using morphological and metagenomic approaches
A. P. Cotes-Perdomo, A. Sanchez-Vialas, R. Thomas, A. Jenkins, J. E. Uribe
This study uses morphology and metagenomics to characterize A. sparsum ticks and identify a novel Rickettsia africae strain, clarifying its position within the A. marmoreum complex.
bioRxiv · Aug 18, 2023 · PreprintZoology