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Epidemiology of capybara-associated Brazilian spotted fever. [PDF]

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2019
BACKGROUND:Brazilian spotted fever (BSF), caused by the bacterium Rickettsia rickettsii, has been associated with the transmission by the tick Amblyomma sculptum, and one of its main hosts, the capybara (Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris).
Hermes R Luz, Francisco B Costa, Hector R Benatti, Vanessa N Ramos, Maria Carolina de A Serpa, Thiago F Martins, Igor C L Acosta, Diego G Ramirez, Sebastián Muñoz-Leal, Alejandro Ramirez-Hernandez, Lina C Binder, Marcio Port Carvalho, Vlamir Rocha, Thiago C Dias, Camila L Simeoni, José Brites-Neto, Jardel Brasil, Ana Maria Nievas, Patricia Ferreira Monticelli, Maria Estela G Moro, Beatriz Lopes, Daniel M Aguiar, Richard C Pacheco, Celso Eduardo Souza, Ubiratan Piovezan, Raquel Juliano, Katia Maria P M B Ferraz, Matias P J Szabó, Marcelo B Labruna   +28 more
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Fatal Brazilian Spotted Fever Associated with Dogs and Amblyomma aureolatum Ticks, Brazil, 2013 [PDF]

Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2019
In São Paulo metropolitan area, Brazil, Amblyomma aureolatum ticks are the main vector of Rickettsia rickettsii, which causes Brazilian spotted fever.
Elisa S.M.M. Savani, Francisco B. Costa, Elisabete A. Silva, Ana C.F. Couto, Melanie Gutjahr, Juliana N.M.O. Alves, Fabiana C.P. Santos, Marcelo B. Labruna   +7 more
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Neurological manifestation of Brazilian spotted fever in childhood. [PDF]

Rev Inst Med Trop Sao Paulo
Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever is a rickettsial disease caused by the bacteria Rickettsia rickettsii. In Brazil, the disease is known as Brazilian spotted fever (BSF), being the most significant tick-borne disease in the country. Among the affected patients, only 5% of cases occur in children aged one to nine years.
Mendes BFD, Moreira MM, Jimenez ALL, Silva LBD, Thiersch LMS, Rodrigues CM, Torres BR, Costa JGDD, Diniz LMO.   +8 more
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Brazilian Spotted Fever: the importance of dermatological signs for early diagnosis [PDF]

Anais Brasileiros de Dermatologia, 2015
Brazilian spotted fever is an acute febrile infectious disease caused by Rickettsia rickettsii, transmitted by tick bite. As this disease is rare and has high mortality rates in Brazil, the clinical aspects and epidemiological data may help the diagnosis.
Daíne Vargas Couto, Marcelo Zanolli Medeiros, Gunter Hans Filho, Alexandre Moretti de Lima, Aline Blanco Barbosa, Carolina Faria Santos Vicari   +5 more
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Factors associated with the confirmation and death for Brazilian spotted fever in an important endemic area of the State of São Paulo, 2007-2021 [PDF]

Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical
Background: We evaluated the predictive factors for case confirmation and death from Brazilian spotted fever in an endemic area of Southeastern Brazil. Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted.
Jardel Brasil, Rodrigo Nogueira Angerami, Maria Rita Donalisio   +2 more
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A Mini-Review of Diagnostic Methods for the Antigen and Antibody Detection of Rocky Mountain and Brazilian Spotted Fever [PDF]

Biomedicines
Rocky Mountain or Brazilian spotted fever, caused by Rickettsia rickettsii, is a fulminant, seasonal, and neglected disease that occurs in focal points of North America and South America.
Kamila Alves Silva, Vanesa Borges do Prado, Rafael Rodrigues Silva, Marcelo van Petten Rocha, Rafael Almeida Ribeiro de Oliveira, Tarumim de Jesus Rodrigues Falcão, Clara Cristina Serpa, Marina Andrade Rocha, Sabrina Paula Pereira, Líria Souza Silva, Juliana Martins Machado, Ricardo Andrez Machado-de-Ávila, Ricardo Toshio Fujiwara, Miguel Angel Chávez-Fumagalli, Eduardo Antônio Ferraz Coelho, Rodolfo Cordeiro Giunchetti, Mariana Campos-da-Paz, Ana Alice Maia Gonçalves, Alexsandro Sobreira Galdino   +18 more
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Brazilian Spotted Fever with an Approach in Veterinary Medicine and One Health Perspective. [PDF]

Vet Med Int, 2016
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, withAmblyomma sculptumas its major contributor, followed byA.
Campos SD, da Cunha NC, Almosny NR.
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Epidemiological surveillance of capybaras and ticks on warning area for Brazilian spotted fever. [PDF]

Vet World, 2015
The vulnerability of tropical developing countries to the emerging disease constitutes a critical phenomenon in which the invasion of wild niches by human hosts, contributes to expansion of zoonotic diseases, such as the Brazilian spotted fever (BSF). This study performed a diagnosis of species occurrence of their hosts (Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris) and ...
Brites-Neto J, Brasil J, Roncato Duarte KM.   +2 more
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Brazilian spotted fever: a reemergent zoonosis [PDF]

Journal of Venomous Animals and Toxins including Tropical Diseases, 2008
Brazilian spotted fever is caused by the bacterium Rickettsia rickettsii, which is the most pathogenic species of the spotted-fever rickettsiae group and is transmitted by the bite of infected ticks.
H. Greca, H. Langoni, L.C. Souza
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Epidemiological characteristics of Brazilian spotted fever in Minas Gerais State, Brazil, 2000-2008 [PDF]

Cadernos de Saúde Pública, 2011
Brazilian spotted fever is the most common rickettsiosis in Brazil, most prevalent in the States of São Paulo and Minas Gerais. The aim of this study was to describe the epidemiological characteristics of Brazilian spotted fever in Minas Gerais from 2000
Frederico Figueiredo Amâncio, Vânia Dutra Amorim, Talita Leal Chamone, Mariana Gontijo de Brito, Simone Berger Calic, Anamaria Cordeiro Leite, Gabriela Lobato Fraga, Marcela Lencine Ferraz   +7 more
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