Neurological manifestation of Brazilian spotted fever in childhood. [PDF]
Rev Inst Med Trop Sao PauloRocky 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.
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Brazilian spotted fever: description of a fatal clinical case in the State of Rio de Janeiro [PDF]
Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical, 2002 We describe a case of Brazilian spotted fever in a previously healthy young woman who died with petechial rash associated to acute renal and respiratory insufficiency 12 days following fever, headache, myalgia, and diarrhea.
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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 ...
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Brazilian spotted fever in Caratinga, Minas Gerais [PDF]
Revista Médica de Minas Gerais, 2014 Introduction: The order Rickettsiales comprises a group of obligatory intracellular parasites, responsible for causing diseases known as rickettsial diseases. In Brazil, the most common rickettsial disease is the Brazilian spotted fever (FMB). Objectives: to determine the level of FMB endemicity in the city of Caratinga, Minas Gerais, in different ...
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Risk factors associated with ticks and Rickettsia spp. exposure in wild boars (Sus scrofa), hunting dogs, and hunters of Brazil [PDF]
Veterinary World, 2021 Background and Aim: Wild boars have recently been implicated as the maintainers and carriers of Amblyomma spp. ticks, which are essential for Rickettsia spp. transmission.
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Inflammatory markers in cerebrospinal fluid in pediatric Brazilian spotted fever with neurological manifestations. [PDF]
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Spotted fever: early diagnosis and its relevance
Revista Médica de Minas Gerais, 2023 Introduction: Brazilian spotted fever (BSF) is a neglected zoonotic disease, with compulsory notification, high mortality rates, since adequate diagnosis and treatment usually begin at a late stage.
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Identificação sorológica de Rickettsia spp do grupo da febre maculosa em capivaras na região de Campinas, SP, Brasil [PDF]
, 2008 Diseases transmitted by ticks have been an important health problem all over the world. Brazilian Spotted Fever (BSF) stands for a serious epidemiological concern due to the high mortality rates pointed out.
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Revista Brasileira de Parasitologia Veterinária, 2020 The aim of this study was to investigate rickettsial infection in equids, opossums and ticks in the municipality of Monte Mor, a place where a Brazilian spotted fever case occurred in 2005.
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