| 1. | Wild hedgehogs have been found to carry Rhipicephalus sanguineus, the brown dog tick, which can transmit Boutonneuse fever.
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| 2. | DNA was first reported in " Rhipicephalus sanguineus " and " Dermacentor nitens " ticks in Peru.
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| 3. | The vector was identified in 1907 by Christopher to be the brown dog tick ( " Rhipicephalus sanguineus " ).
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| 4. | The brown dog tick, " Rhipicephalus sanguineus ", acts as the nymph and adult stage in transstadial transmission.
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