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DETECTION OF A Rickettsia GENOTYPE RELATED TO THE OLD WORLD INFECTING Amblyomma sculptum TICK IN AN ENDEMIC AREA OF BRAZILIAN SPOTTED FEVER [PDF]

, 2019
Brazilian Spotted Fever is an important tick-borne disease caused by Rickettsia rickettsii and transmitted mainly by the human-biting tick Amblyomma sculptum.
Amorim, Marinete, Duré, Ana Íris, Gazêta, Gilberto, Moura-Martiniano, Nicole, Oliveira, Stefan, Sato, Tayra, Silva, Arannadia, Vizzoni, Vinícius   +7 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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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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Rickettsia infection in five areas of the state of São Paulo, Brazil

Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, 2007
This study investigated rickettsial infection in animals, humans, ticks, and fleas collected in five areas of the state of São Paulo. Eight flea species (Adoratopsylla antiquorum antiquorum, Ctenocephalides felis felis, Polygenis atopus, Polygenis ...
Maurício C Horta, Marcelo B Labruna, Adriano Pinter, Pedro M Linardi, Teresinha T S Schumaker   +4 more
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Molecular identification of Rickettsia felis in ticks and fleas from an endemic area for Brazilian Spotted Fever

Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, 2008
Rickettsioses are arthropod-borne diseases caused by parasites from the Order Rickettsiales. The most prevalent rickettsial disease in Brazil is Brazilian Spotted Fever (BSF).
KA Oliveira, LS Oliveira, CCA Dias, A Silva Jr, MR Almeida, G Almada, DH Bouyer, MAM Galvão, CL Mafra   +8 more
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LEVANTAMENTO ACAROLÓGICO NO HORTO FLORESTAL DE AVARÉ (SP): UMA CONTRIBUIÇÃO À PREVENÇÃO DA FEBRE MACULOSA BRASILEIRA

Revista do Instituto Florestal, 2019
A Febre Maculosa Brasileira é uma zoonose causada pela bactéria Rickettsia rickettsii, transmitida a humanos e a animais por meio da picada de carrapatos infectados, podendo levar à morte.
Alessandra Augusta de Freitas, Edgar Fernando de Luca, Carolina Vieira da Silva, Silvio Carvalho da Silva, Thiago Fernandes Martins, Dhemerson Estevão Conciani Costa   +5 more
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Ticks of importance to One Health and animal production in Brazil. [PDF]

, 2022
Ticks are ectoparasites belonging to the phylum Arthropoda and class Arachnida and are divided into three families: Ixodidae, Argasidae and Nuttalliellidae.
ANDREOTTI, R., GARCIA, M. V., PAIVA, F.
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WILD ANIMALS TICKS IN THE CERRADO BIOME SCREENED BY THE CETAS, IBAMA-GOIÁS

Ciência Animal Brasileira, 2016
Cerrado biome has around 320,000 species of animals and it occupies approximately 25% of the Brazilian territory. This great number of species stimulates the illegal trafficking of wild animals.
Thiago Souza Azeredo Bastos, Darling Melany de Carvalho Madrid, Adriana Marques Faria, Thais Miranda Silva Freitas, Guido Fontgalland Coelho Linhares   +4 more
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Anti-Rickettsia spp. antibodies in free-ranging and captive capybaras from southern Brazil

Pesquisa Veterinária Brasileira, 2011
Capybaras (Hydrochaeris hydrochaeris) are among the main hosts of Amblyomma spp. ticks, which is able to transmit Rickettsia species to human beings and animals.
Fernanda S. Fortes, Leonilda C. Santos, Zalmir S. Cubas, Ivan R. Barros-Filho, Alexander W. Biondo, Iara Silveira, Marcelo B. Labruna, Marcelo B. Molento   +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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