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Study of infection by Rickettsiae of the spotted fever group in humans and ticks in an urban park located in the City of Londrina, State of Paraná, Brazil

Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical, 2011
INTRODUCTION: Spotted fevers are emerging zoonoses caused by Rickettsia species in the spotted fever group (SFG). Rickettsia rickettsii is the main etiologic agent of Brazilian spotted fever (BSF) and it is transmitted by Amblyomma spp. ticks.
Roberta Santos Toledo, Katia Tamekuni, Mauro de Freitas Silva Filho, Valeska Bender Haydu, Richard Campos Pacheco, Marcelo Bahia Labruna, John Stephen Dumler, Odilon Vidotto   +7 more
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Epidemiological characteristics of Brazilian spotted fever in Minas Gerais State, Brazil, 2000-2008

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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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Detection of Rickettsia rickettsii in the tick Amblyomma cajennense in a new Brazilian spotted fever-endemic area in the state of Minas Gerais

Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, 2005
The present study evaluated rickettsial infection in Amblyomma spp. ticks collected in a farm in Coronel Pacheco, a Brazilian spotted fever (BSF) endemic area. A total of 78 A. cajennense and 78 A.
Elizângela Guedes, Romário C Leite, Márcia CA Prata, Richard C Pacheco, David H Walker, Marcelo B Labruna   +5 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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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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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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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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Antibodies for Rickettsia spp. in patients with negative serology for dengue virus, leptospirosis, and meningococcal disease in municipalities of São Paulo State, Brazil

Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical
INTRODUCTION Brazilian spotted fever is an infectious disease with a high mortality rate if not treated early. Differential diagnosis is difficult, as the first clinical signs are non-specific and can be confused with other diseases.
Juliana Anacleto Cabral Prata, Celso Eduardo de Souza, Rodrigo Nogueira Angerami, Taíse Marongio Cotrim de Moraes Barbosa, Fabiana Cristina Pereira dos Santos, Silvia Colombo, Vânia Martins Fontes Del Guercio, Maria Rita Donalísio   +7 more
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Seroprevalence of Rickettsia rickettsii and Rickettsia parkeri in dogs during a Brazilian Spotted Fever outbreak in the State of Rio de Janeiro

Arquivo Brasileiro de Medicina Veterinária e Zootecnia
The present paper is the first to perform this evaluation in dogs from the cities of Natividade, Porciuncula and Varre-Sai. The aim of this study is to search for Spotted Fever Group Rickettsia in canine sera using indirect immunofluorescence assay and ...
I.T. Poubel, N.C. Cunha, A.B.M. Fonseca, A. Pinter, A.H. Fonseca, M.D. Cordeiro, N.R.P. Almosny   +6 more
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