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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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Epidemiology of capybara-associated Brazilian spotted fever.

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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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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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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Rickettsial Infection in Animals and Brazilian Spotted Fever Endemicity

Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2005
We compared the rickettsial infection status of Amblyomma cajennense ticks, humans, dogs, and horses in both Brazilian spotted fever (BSF)–endemic and –nonendemic areas in the state of São Paulo, Brazil.
Luis A. Sangioni, Maurício C. Horta, Manoella C.B. Vianna, Solange M. Gennari, Rodrigo M. Soares, Márcio A.M. Galvão, Teresinha T.S. Schumaker, Fernando Ferreira, Odilon Vidotto, Marcelo B. Labruna   +9 more
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Serosurvey of Rickettsia spp. in cats from a Brazilian spotted fever-endemic area [PDF]

Revista Brasileira de Parasitologia Veterinária, 2019
Rickettsia spp. bacteria are responsible for tick-borne diseases worldwide, mostly maintained by rickettsial amplifiers capybaras in Brazilian endemic areas.
Juliana Cristina Rebonato Mendes, Louise Bach Kmetiuk, Camila Marinelli Martins, Aurea Maria Oliveira Canavessi, Tatiana Jimenez, Maysa Pellizzaro, Thiago Fernandes Martins, Vivien Midori Morikawa, Andrea Pires dos Santos, Marcelo Bahia Labruna, Alexander Welker Biondo   +10 more
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Basic reproduction number for the Brazilian Spotted Fever

Journal of Theoretical Biology, 2018
Brazilian Spotted Fever (BSF) is an emerging and lethal disease in South America which basic reproduction number (R0) is unknown. Calculating R0 for this disease is crucial to design control interventions and prevent human deaths. BSF endemic areas are related to the presence of capybaras Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris, amplifier hosts of Rickettsia ...
Gina Polo, Marcelo B. Labruna, Fernando Ferreira   +2 more
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Brazilian spotted fever in dogs/
Febre maculosa brasileira em cães

Semina: Ciências Agrárias, 2011
Brazilian spotted fever (BSF) is caused by bacteria Rickettsia rickettsii, highly pathogenic for humans and dogs, and has the Amblyomma cajennense tick as its main vector.
Alexander Welker Biondo, Leonardo Hermes Dutra, Fernanda Silva Fortes, Marcelo Beltrão Molento   +3 more
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Brazilian Spotted Fever Prevention through a Nonlethal Capybara Population Control Strategy [PDF]

Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical, 2019
INTRODUCTION: Brazilian spotted fever (BSF), a lethal tick-borne Rickettsioses (2000 - 2018 >600 human deaths) involving synanthropic capybara as host.
Derek Andrew Rosenfield, Gina Polo, Cristiane Schilbach Pizzutto   +2 more
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