The study aimed to identify species of ticks present in the environment and among captive animals, in Mangaratiba, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Ticks were isolated from captive animals by manual examination and free-living ticks in the environment were ...
Izabela Mesquita Araújo +7 more
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Dubious presence of Bartonella bacilliformis in ticks from Madre de Dios, Peru
Bartonella bacilliformis has recently been described in Amblyomma scalpturatum, Amblyomma ovale and Rhipicephalus microplus collected from wild animals in the Peruvian region of Madre de Dios. In this communication, I will discuss the results of a recent
Joaquim Ruiz
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The bacterium Rickettsia bellii belongs to a basal group of rickettsiae that diverged prior to the pathogenic spotted fever group and typhus group Rickettsia species. Despite a diverse representation of R. bellii across more than 25 species of hard and soft ticks in the American continent, phylogeographical relationships among strains of this basal ...
Felipe S. Krawczak +5 more
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Brazilian Spotted Fever with an Approach in Veterinary Medicine and One Health Perspective
There is increasing interaction between man and pathogens transmitted by arthropods, especially by ticks. It is on this background that a holistic approach stands out, for the sake of Public Health. Brazilian Spotted Fever is an endemic disease at the country’s southeast, with Amblyomma sculptum as its major contributor, followed by A.
Sabrina Destri Emmerick Campos +3 more
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A new focus of spotted fever caused by Rickettsia parkeri in Brazil [PDF]
Spotted fever (SF) is a tick-borne zoonosis caused by bacteria of the genus Rickettsia . The disease varies in severity from mild clinical forms to severe cases.
Amorim, Marinete +6 more
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Description of human infestations by ticks in Panama and Costa Rica
Tick bites in humans are associated with the transmission of pathogens, anaphylactic shock, paralysis, and secondary infections. In this work we described six cases of tick bites in patients from Panama and Costa Rica.
Sergio Bermúdez +6 more
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Molecular detection of hemoprotozoa and Rickettsia species in arthropods collected from wild animals in the Burgos Province, Spain [PDF]
Limited information on the presence of bacterial and hematozoan infections in parasitic arthropods from Spain is available. In an attempt to address this issue, the prevalence of Theileria, Babesia, Hepatozoon, and Rickettsia species was investigated by ...
Casado, Nieves +6 more
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Duffy phenotype and plasmodium vivax infections in humans and Apes, Africa [PDF]
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Culleton, Richard Leighton +1 more
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Soroprevalência de Borrelia burgdorferi latu sensu associada à presença de carrapatos em cães de áreas rurais do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, Brasil [PDF]
Pesquisou-se a presença de anticorpos contra Borrelia burgdorferi latu sensu em cães de áreas rurais de sete municípios do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, pelo ensaio imunoenzimático indireto, associando-se os resultados com a presença de carrapatos nestes ...
Lucia Helena O'Dwyer +5 more
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Primer registro de Didelphis albiventris Lund, 1841 (Didelphiomorphia: Didelphidae) como hospedador para adultos y ninfas de Amblyomma ovale Koch,1844 (Acari: Ixodidae) en Argentina [PDF]
El objetivo de esta publicación es dar a conocer nuevos registros de una asociación parásito- hospedador entre garrapatas (Acari: Ixodidae) y el marsupial Didelphis albiventris (Didelphimorphia: Didelphidae), en Argentina. Los muestreos fueron realizados
Di Benedetto, Ingrid María Desireé +2 more
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