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Free-living ticks in a cerrado fragment, state of Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil

Bioscience Journal, 2018
The fatal cases of spotted fever reported in some Brazilian municipalities are generally associated with the presence of ticks and capybaras (Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris). The urban forest fragments where this rodent is present are of great concern.
Jaqueline Matias, Wilson Werner Koller, Marcos Valerio Garcia, Jacqueline Cavalcante Barros, Maria Dolores Esteve-Gassent, André de Abreu Rangel Aguirre, Leandro de Oliveira Souza Higa, Namor Pinheiro Zimmermann, Renato Andreotti   +8 more
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Density of host-questing larvae, nymphs and adult ticks (Amblyomma sculptum and Amblyomma dubitatum) collected during all seasons of the study period (total) or during the larval (autumn), nymphal (winter) or adult (summer) seasons during 2015–2019 in Brazilian spotted fever (BSF)-endemic areas, BSF-nonendemic areas, and natural areas.

, 2019
Density of host-questing larvae, nymphs and adult ticks (Amblyomma sculptum and Amblyomma dubitatum) collected during all seasons of the study period (total) or during the larval (autumn), nymphal (winter) or adult (summer) seasons during 2015–2019 in ...
Celso Eduardo Souza (2605561), Katia Maria P. M. B. Ferraz (7354856), Alejandro Ramirez-Hernandez (7354823), Patricia Ferreira Monticelli (7354844), Ubiratan Piovezan (3321567), Diego G. Ramirez (4097479), Jardel Brasil (7354838), Ana Maria Nievas (7354841), Thiago C. Dias (7354829), Maria Estela G. Moro (7354847), Francisco B. Costa (6662117), Lina C. Binder (6741077), Hector R. Benatti (7354811), Maria Carolina de A. Serpa (7354817), Thiago F. Martins (4097476), Marcio Port Carvalho (7354826), José Brites-Neto (7354835), Vanessa N. Ramos (7354814), Hermes R. Luz (5160578), Raquel Juliano (523036), Beatriz Lopes (5084213), Camila L. Simeoni (7354832), Igor C. L. Acosta (7354820), Marcelo B. Labruna (6662120), Vlamir Rocha (5748788), Matias P. J. Szabó (7354859), Sebastián Muñoz-Leal (4629814), Daniel M. Aguiar (7354850), Richard C. Pacheco (7354853)   +28 more
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Dichotomous key to larvae of the genus Amblyomma (Parasitiformes: Ixodidae) in Brazil, with morphological description and redescription of the larval stage of 30 Amblyomma species

Ticks and Tick-Borne Diseases
Ticks of the genus Amblyomma are of great medical and veterinary importance in Brazil, where they regularly parasitize wild and domestic animals and will bite humans that enter rural and forest areas for work and recreation purposes.
Thiago F. Martins, Adriano Pinter, Vera L.F. de Camargo-Neves, Agustín Estrada-Peña, Pablo H. Nunes, Fábio Barbieri, Kátia M. Famadas, Marcelo B. Labruna   +7 more
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Spotted fever group Rickettsia infecting ticks (Acari: Ixodidae) in the state of Santa Catarina, Brazil

Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, 2011
During 2006-2008, a total of 260 adult ticks were collected from domestic and wild animals in different regions of the state of Santa Catarina (SC), Brazil, including areas where human cases of Brazilian spotted fever have been reported.
Alessandra Pereira Medeiros, Antonio Pereira de Souza, Anderson Barbosa de Moura, Marcia Sangaletti Lavina, Valdomiro Bellato, Amélia Aparecida Sartor, Fernanda Aparecida Nieri-Bastos, Leonardo José Richtzenhain, Marcelo Bahia Labruna   +8 more
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Amblyomma dissimile Koch 1844

, 2023
<p> <i>33.</i> <i>Amblyomma dissimile</i> Koch, 1844a.</p> <p> Nearctic: 1) Mexico (north), 2) USA; Neotropical: 1) Antigua and Barbuda, 2) Argentina, 3) Bahamas, 4) Barbados, 5) Belize, 6) Brazil, 7) Colombia,
Nava, Santiago, Robbins, Richard G., Guglielmone, Alberto A.   +2 more
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Utilização do alomônio (E)-2-octenal em humanos como repelente para carrapatosdo gênero Amblyomma: um teste de campo. [PDF]

, 2023
Carrapatos do gênero Amblyomma representam uma ameaça significativa à saúdepública, especialmente por sua associação com enfermidades causadas por riquétsias.
BORGES, L. M. F., MASCARIN, G. M., FERNANDES, E. K. K., SARRIA, A. L. F., PINTO, S. M. N., BARRETO, L. P., LIMA, V. H.   +6 more
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Study of infection by Rickettsiae of the spotted fever group in humans and ticks in an urban park located in the City of Londrina, State of Paraná, Brazil Estudo da infecção por Rickettsias do grupo da febre maculosa em humanos e carrapatos de um parque urbano na Cidade de Londrina, Estado do Paraná

Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical, 2011
INTRODUCTION: Spotted fevers are emerging zoonoses caused by Rickettsia species in the spotted fever group (SFG). Rickettsia rickettsii is the main etiologic agent of Brazilian spotted fever (BSF) and it is transmitted by Amblyomma spp. ticks.
Roberta Santos Toledo, Katia Tamekuni, Mauro de Freitas Silva Filho, Valeska Bender Haydu, Richard Campos Pacheco, Marcelo Bahia Labruna, John Stephen Dumler, Odilon Vidotto   +7 more
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Estudo de Populações de Amblyomma cajennense e Amblyomma dubitatum (Acari:Ixodidae) e pesquisa de Rickettsia spp. nestas espécies em Coronel Pacheco, Minas Gerais [PDF]

, 2009
Owing to the importance of Amblyomma cajennense and Amblyomma dubitatum in the epidemiology of Brazilian Spotted Fever (BSF), this study evaluated the flutuation of populations of the free-living and parasitic these two species of the ticks, as well the ...
Elizangela Guedes
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Detection of Rickettsia rickettsii in the tick Amblyomma cajennense in a new Brazilian spotted fever-endemic area in the state of Minas Gerais

Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, 2005
The present study evaluated rickettsial infection in Amblyomma spp. ticks collected in a farm in Coronel Pacheco, a Brazilian spotted fever (BSF) endemic area. A total of 78 A. cajennense and 78 A.
Elizângela Guedes, Romário C Leite, Márcia CA Prata, Richard C Pacheco, David H Walker, Marcelo B Labruna   +5 more
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Integrated tick control on a farm with the presence of capybaras in a Brazilian spotted fever endemic region

Revista Brasileira de Parasitologia Veterinária, 2019
Ticks of the Amblyomma cajennense complex present high infestation rates. These ticks transmit the bacterium Rickettsia rickettsii, which causes Brazilian Spotted Fever.
Shirley Batista de Araújo, Karina Araújo dos Anjos, Fernanda Calvo Duarte, Leonardo Costa Fiorini, Felipe Eduardo de Matos Godoi, Paulo Henrique Selbmann Sampaio, Márcia Cristina Mendes   +6 more
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