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Brazilian Spotted Fever with an Approach in Veterinary Medicine and One Health Perspective [PDF]

Veterinary Medicine International, 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.
Sabrina Destri Emmerick Campos, Nathalie Costa da Cunha, Nádia Regina Pereira Almosny   +2 more
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Rickettsial infection in equids, opossums and ticks in the municipality of Monte Mor, state of São Paulo, Brazil

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.
Tatiana Evelyn Hayama Ueno, André Antonio Cutolo, Thiago Fernandes Martins, Jonas Moraes-Filho, Sérgio Santos de Azevedo, Marcelo Bahia Labruna   +5 more
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Serological evidence of Rickettsia in horses from a semi-arid Brazilian region

Revista Brasileira de Parasitologia Veterinária, 2021
Brazilian spotted fever (BSF) is a common tick-borne disease caused by Rickettsia rickettsii. Horses are the primary hosts of the main vector, Amblyomma sculptum, and are considered efficient sentinels for circulation of Rickettsia. Therefore, the aim of
Ila Ferreira Farias, Eline Almeida Rodrigues de Souza, Maria Carolina de Azevedo Serpa, Flávio Silva Palha, Glauber Meneses Barboza de Oliveira, Marcelo Bahia Labruna, Mauricio Claudio Horta   +6 more
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Anticorpos anti-rickettsias do grupo da febre maculosa em equídeos e caninos no norte do Estado do Paraná, Brasil Anti rickettsia-antibody for spotted fever group in horses and dogs in the North of Paraná Stated, Brazil

Arquivo Brasileiro de Medicina Veterinária e Zootecnia, 2010
The Brazilian Spotted Fever (BSF) is a zoonosis that can be fatal if not trteated. As there are few studies of the BSF in the Paraná State, the occurrence of BSF was serologically investigated in dogs and horses by indirect immunofluorescence assay (IFA),
F.H. Otomura, L.A. Sangioni, R.C. Pacheco, M.B. Labruna, J.A. Galhardo, M.G. Ribeiro, U. Teodoro   +6 more
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First report of mild Brazilian spotted fever associated to arthritis

Revista Brasileira de Reumatologia (English Edition), 2014
We describe the first Brazilian case of mild Rickettsiosis, complicated by knee monoarthritis, in young adult bitten by a tick on his left leg in Camburi zone, located in São Sebastião municipality, southern coastal region of the State of São Paulo, in the Atlantic rainforest region, Brazil.
Bonoldi, Virgínia Lucia Nazario, Marangoni, Roberta Gonçalves, Gauditano, Giancarla, Moraes-Filho, Jonas, Labruna, Marcelo Bahia, Yoshinari, Natalino Hajime   +5 more
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Epidemiological surveillance of capybaras and ticks on warning area for Brazilian spotted fever [PDF]

Veterinary 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 ...
José Brites-Neto, Jardel Brasil, Keila Maria Roncato Duarte   +2 more
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Detection of Brazilian spotted fever infection by polymerase chain reaction in a patient from the state of São Paulo

Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, 2005
Brazilian spotted fever (BSF) cases have been increasing in the state of São Paulo but no genomic information about local rickettsia isolated from humans has been well documented.
Elvira Maria Mendes Nascimento, Flávia de Sousa Gehrke, Rosa Amélia Maldonado, Silvia Colombo, Luiz Jacintho da Silva, Teresinha Tizu Sato Schumaker   +5 more
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Fatal Brazilian spotless fever caused by Rickettsia rickettsii in a dark-skinned patient

Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical, 2011
Brazilian spotted fever (BSF) is the most important and frequent rickettsial disease in Brazil. A fatal case of BSF is reported in a 32-year-old black man, who died of irreversible shock after five days of fever, severe headache and abdominal pain with ...
Alexsandra Rodrigues de Mendonça Favacho, Tatiana Rozental, Simone Berger Calic, Maria Aparecida Mota Scofield, Elba Regina Sampaio de Lemos   +4 more
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Free-living ticks in a cerrado fragment, state of Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil

Bioscience Journal, 2018
The fatal cases of spotted fever reported in some Brazilian municipalities are generally associated with the presence of ticks and capybaras (Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris). The urban forest fragments where this rodent is present are of great concern.
Jaqueline Matias, Wilson Werner Koller, Marcos Valerio Garcia, Jacqueline Cavalcante Barros, Maria Dolores Esteve-Gassent, André de Abreu Rangel Aguirre, Leandro de Oliveira Souza Higa, Namor Pinheiro Zimmermann, Renato Andreotti   +8 more
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Comparative growth of spotted fever group Rickettsia spp. strains in Vero cells

Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, 2016
In Brazil, the spotted fever group (SFG) Rickettsia rickettsii and Rickettsia parkeri related species are the etiological agents of spotted fever rickettsiosis. However, the SFG, Rickettsia rhipicephali, that infects humans, has never been reported.
Arannadia Barbosa Silva, Myrian Morato Duarte, Vinicius Figueiredo Vizzoni, Ana Íris de Lima Duré, Diego Montenegro Lopéz, Rita de Maria Seabra Nogueira, Carlos Augusto Gomes Soares, Erik Machado-Ferreira, Gilberto Salles Gazêta   +8 more
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