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Brazilian Spotted Fever: A Case Series from an Endemic Area in Southeastern Brazil

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, 2006
Abstract:  Brazilian spotted fever (BSF) is the most important tick‐borne disease in Brazil and is caused by Rickettsia rickettsii and transmitted by the Ixodid tick Amblyomma cajennense, its main vector. We present epidemiologic aspects of a case series of patients admitted to the Hospital das Clínicas da UNICAMP from 1985 to 2003 with a confirmed ...
Rodrigo N, Angerami, Mariângela R, Resende, Adriana F C, Feltrin, Gizelda, Katz, Elvira M, Nascimento, Raquel S B, Stucchi, Luiz J, Silva   +6 more
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An impedimetric immunosensor for diagnosis of Brazilian spotted fever in blood plasma

Analytical Methods
Brazilian spotted fever (BSF) is a serious disease of medical importance due to its rapid evolution and high lethality.
Marx Osório Araújo Pereira, Álvaro Ferreira Júnior, Edson Silvio Batista Rodrigues, Helena Mulser, Giovanna Nascimento de Mello e Silva, Wallans Torres Pio dos Santos, Eric de Souza Gil   +6 more
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Brazilian Spotted Fever: The Role of Capybaras

2012
Capybaras (Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris) are hosts for the tick species Amblyomma dubitatumand Amblyomma cajennense. The latter, popularly known in Brazil as “carrapato-estrela”, is the main vector of the bacterium Rickettsia rickettsii, the etiological agent of Brazilian spotted fever, the most deadly rickettsiosis in the world.
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Fatal Case of Brazilian Spotted Fever Confirmed by Immunohistochemical Staining and Sequencing Methods on Fixed Tissues

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, 2006
Abstract:  The authors describe the first characterization of Rickettsia rickettsii in a fatal case occurring in Rio de Janeiro State, Brazil.
Tatiana, Rozental, Marina E, Eremeeva, Christopher D, Paddock, Sherif R, Zaki, Gregory A, Dasch, Elba R S, Lemos   +5 more
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Analysis of Amblyomma sculptum haplotypes in an area endemic for Brazilian spotted fever.

Medical and veterinary entomology, 2017
Amblyomma sculptum (Ixodida: Ixodidae) Berlese, 1888, a member of the Amblyomma cajennense complex, is the major vector of Brazilian spotted fever (BSF) in southeastern Brazil. In this study, the genetic diversity of A. sculptum populations in the state of Rio de Janeiro (RJ), Brazil, was investigated because genetic variability in tick populations may
K, Bitencourth, C M, Voloch, N M, Serra-Freire, E, Machado-Ferreira, M, Amorim, G S, Gazêta   +5 more
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Survey of Brazilian spotted fever in dogs and ticks in Itu, São Paulo state, Brazil

International Journal of Acarology, 2021
Tania Regina Vieira de Carvalho, Marcelo Bahia Labruna, Arlei Marcili, Amanda Oliveira de Sousa, Zahi Êni Santos Souza, Pietro Demberi Macheia, Beatriz de Moraes Valery, Daniela Gabriel Reggiani, Daniel Magalhães Lima, Thiago Fernandes Martins, Sebastian Munhoz Leal, Jonas Moraes-Filho   +11 more
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Association of the occurrence of Brazilian spotted fever and Atlantic rain forest fragmentation in the São Paulo metropolitan region, Brazil

Acta Tropica, 2017
Luís Filipe Mucci, Adriano Pinter
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Diagnosis and Management of Tickborne Rickettsial Diseases: Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever and Other Spotted Fever Group Rickettsioses, Ehrlichioses, and Anaplasmosis — United States

MMWR Recommendations and Reports, 2016
Casey Barton Behravesh, Fredrick Dahlgren, R Ryan Lash   +2 more
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Brazilian Spotted Fever: A Case Series from an Endemic Area in Southeastern Brazil: Epidemiological Aspects

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, 2006
Rodrigo Angerami
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Rickettsia Species Infecting Amblyomma cooperi Ticks from an Area in the State of São Paulo, Brazil, Where Brazilian Spotted Fever Is Endemic

Journal of Clinical Microbiology, 2004
Marcelo B Labruna, Jere W Mcbride, Adriano Pinter   +2 more
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