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Epidemiological characteristics of Brazilian spotted fever in Minas Gerais State, Brazil, 2000-2008

Cadernos de Saúde Pública
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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Efficacy of sarolaner (Simparic™) against induced infestations of Amblyomma cajennense on dogs

Parasites & Vectors, 2017
Background Amblyomma cajennense is the main vector of Rickettsia rickettsii which causes Brazilian spotted fever. This adult tick preferably infests horses and capybaras, but has low host specificity during its immature stages, thus posing a threat to ...
Fabio Scott, Lilian Franz, Diefrey Ribeiro Campos, Thaís Ribeiro Correia Azevedo, Daise Cunha, Robert H. Six, Steven Maeder, Travis Cree   +7 more
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Tracking Dengue Epidemics using Twitter Content Classification and Topic Modelling

, 2016
Detecting and preventing outbreaks of mosquito-borne diseases such as Dengue and Zika in Brasil and other tropical regions has long been a priority for governments in affected areas.
Cedrim, Diego, Daniilakis, Michael, Garcia, Alessandro, Missier, Paolo, Miu, Tudor, Pal, Atinder, Romanovsky, Alexander, Sousa, Leonardo da Silva   +7 more
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Strategies for the control of Rhipicephalus microplus ticks in a world of conventional acaricide and macrocyclic lactone resistance [PDF]

, 2018
Infestations with the cattle tick, Rhipicephalus microplus, constitute the most important ectoparasite problem for cattle production in tropical and subtropical regions worldwide, resulting in major economic losses. The control of R.
Bhushan, Chandra, Jonsson, Nicholas N., Rodriguez-Vivas, Roger I.   +2 more
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Fatal Brazilian spotted fever in a healthy military man during field training in Rio de Janeiro city, southeastern Brazil. [PDF]

Rev Inst Med Trop Sao Paulo, 2022
Pacheco-Silva AB, Martins EB, López AJR, Detepo PJT, Mamani RF, Japiassú AM, Lupi O, Mendes TV, Pina-Costa A, Calvet GA, Bressan CDS, Silva MFBD, Ogino LL, Assis MRDS, Marques AM, Dias CMG, Borchert JM, Lemos ERS, Brasil P.   +18 more
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Rickettsia amblyommii infecting Amblyomma sculptum in endemic spotted fever area from southeastern Brazil

Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, 2015
The Rickettsia bacteria include the aetiological agents for the human spotted fever (SF) disease. In the present study, a SF groupRickettsia amblyommii related bacterium was detected in a field collected Amblyomma sculptum (Amblyomma cajennense species ...
Emília de Carvalho Nunes, Vinicius Figueiredo Vizzoni, Daniel Leal Navarro, Felipe Campos de Melo Iani, Liliane Silva Durães, Erik Daemon, Carlos Augusto Gomes Soares, Gilberto Salles Gazeta   +7 more
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A new focus of Brazilian spotted fever in the central-west region of São Paulo state, Brazil. [PDF]

Rev Soc Bras Med Trop, 2021
Fornazari F, Freirias CD, Lima HC, Rodrigues MM, Langoni H, Teixeira CR.   +5 more
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Morphological and genetic diversity of Rhipicephalus sanguineus sensu lato from the New and Old Worlds [PDF]

, 2013
BACKGROUND: The taxonomic status of the brown dog tick (Rhipicephalus sanguineus sensu stricto), which has long been regarded as the most widespread tick worldwide and a vector of many pathogens to dogs and humans, is currently under dispute. METHODS: We
Alessio Giannelli, Antonio Parisi, Domenico Otranto, Filipe Dantas-Torres, Giada Annoscia, Maria Latrofa   +5 more
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Brazilian Spotted Fever Mortality Profile: 2018 to 2022

Advances in Infectious Diseases, 2023
Danielle Satie Kassada, P.C.P. da Costa, Gabriel Borba de Castro, Isabela Cristina Nogueira, Henrique Ceretta Oliveira, Dalvani Marques   +5 more
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A fatal case of Brazilian spotted fever in a non-endemic area in Brazil: the importance of having health professionals who understand the disease and its areas of transmission

Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical
Brazilian spotted fever (BSF) is caused by the bacterium Rickettsia rickettsii. Because of its high case-fatality rate and apparent increase in areas of transmission, it is considered to be the rickettsial illness of primary public health interest. Cases
Stefan Vilges de Oliveira, Eduardo Pacheco de Caldas, Silvia Colombo, Gilberto Salles Gazeta, Marcelo Bahia Labruna, Fabiana Cristina Pereira dos Santos, Rodrigo Nogueira Angerami   +6 more
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