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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Ixodida |
| Family: | Argasidae |
| Genus: | Ornithodoros |
| Species: | O. moubata
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| Ornithodoros moubata Murray, 1877
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Ornithodoros moubata, commonly known as the African hut tampan[1] or the eyeless tampan,[2] is a species of tick in the family Argasidae. It is an ectoparasite and vector of relapsing fever in humans,[3][4] and African swine fever in pigs.[2]
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Humpherywas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ a b Haresnape, J.M.; Mamu, F.D. (1986). "The Distribution of Ticks of the Ornithodoros moubata Complex (Ixodoidea: Argasidae) in Malawi, and Its Relation to African Swine Fever Epizootiology". The Journal of Hygiene. 96 (3): 535–544. doi:10.1017/S0022172400066341. JSTOR 3863149. PMC 2129695. PMID 3734435.
- ^ Cutler, S.J.; Abdissa, A.; Trape, J.F. (2009). "New concepts for the old challenge of African relapsing fever borreliosis" (PDF). Clinical Microbiology and Infection. 15 (5): 400–406. doi:10.1111/j.1469-0691.2009.02819.x. PMID 19489922.
- ^ Lenhartz, Hermann; Meyer, Erich (2013). Spirochaete der Febris africana reccurens (Spirochaetes of African relapsing fever). Mikroskopie und Chemie am Krankenbett. p. 89. ISBN 9783662423806. Archived from the original on 2015-11-28. Retrieved 2015-06-23.