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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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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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Revisiting the Role of Opossums (Marsupialia) as Sentinel for Brazilian Spotted Fever Caused by Rickettsia rickettsii

The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
ABSTRACT. In southeastern Brazil, Rickettsia rickettsii , the agent of Brazilian spotted fever (BSF), is mainly transmitted to humans by Amblyomma sculptum ticks, whose populations are chiefly sustained by capybaras,
Ortiz, Felipe Trevisan, Perez, Carlos Alberto, Binder, Lina C., Serpa, Maria Carolina A., Almeida, André Pinheiro, de Queiroz, Luis Guilherme, de Figueiredo, Elias Soares, Jiménez Jorge, Sofía, de Oliveira Luiz, Erica Veiga, das Neves, Ravi, Nunes, Alan Ferreira, Dotoli Silva, Julia, Valério, Ivan Carlos, Vitti, Carolina, Ignez Martin, João Pedro, Stenico, Marcus Vinicius, Gonzalez Cano, Lina Marcela, Martins, Thiago F., Ricciardi Curi, Marianna, Louvandini, Helder, Duarte, Adriane da Fonseca, Queiroz, Odaléia Telles Marcondes Machado, de Moraes, Gilberto José, Labruna, Marcelo B.   +23 more
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Brazilian spotted fever in urban environments: control strategies and measures for risk reduction

Discover Applied Sciences
Abstract Introduction Brazilian spotted fever (BSF), caused by Rickettsia rickettsii, is a disease transmitted by ticks that has a high fatality rate. The process of urbanization has been observed in recent decades. It is recommended that the management of capybaras (Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris) be implemented in order ...
Clóvis Gomes de Carvalho Júnior, Vinícius Silva Belo, Rafael Gonçalves Teixeira Neto, Frederico Rodrigues Ramalho, Tiago Oliveira Maciel, Marcos Vinícius Rodrigues, Ingrid Benevides Machado, David Soeiro Barbosa, Gilberto Salles Gazeta, Eduardo Sérgio da Silva   +9 more
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Factors associated to cases of Brazilian Spotted Fever, Minas Gerais, 1995- 2002

Brazilian Journal of Veterinary Medicine, 2015
ABSTRACT. Calic S.B., Rocha C.M.B.M, Bruhn F.R.P., Barros R.A. & Leite R.C. [Factors associated to cases of Brazilian Spotted Fever, Minas Gerais, 1995- 2002.] Fatores associados aos casos de Febre Maculosa Brasileira frente aos suspeitos não confirmados, Minas Gerais, 1995 a 2002.
Calic, Simone Berger, da Rocha, Christiane Maria Barcellos Magalhães, Bruhn, Fábio Raphael Pascoti, Barros, Rodrigo Alves, Leite, Romário Cerqueira   +4 more
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Brazilian spotted fever: importance of early diagnosis and treatment

Residência Pediátrica, 2019
Yasmim Veloso, Nedstani Soares, Ana Ragone, Karen Chan, Paula Martins, Fabiana Kakehasi, Alexandre Ferreira, Adrianne Oliveira   +7 more
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One Health Approach to Brazilian Spotted Fever: Capybaras, Horses, and Rural Areas as Predictors for Human Disease. [PDF]

Pathogens
Rosa-Xavier IG, Pinter A, Giuffrida R, Biondo AW, Kmetiuk LB, Santarém VA.   +5 more
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High Seroprevalence for Rickettsia rickettsii in Equines Suggests Risk of Human Infection in Silent Areas for the Brazilian Spotted Fever. [PDF]

PLoS One, 2016
Souza CE, Camargo LB, Pinter A, Donalisio MR.   +3 more
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Amblyostatin-1, the first salivary cystatin with host immunomodulatory and anti-inflammatory properties from the Neotropical tick <i>Amblyomma sculptum</i>, vector of Brazilian spotted fever. [PDF]

Front Immunol
Molari WS, Jmel MA, Assis JB, Frazão-Silva A, Bernardi JM, Huamanrayme G, Medina JM, Esteves E, Antão SC, Costa GCA, Tanaka AS, Fogaça AC, Franta Z, Tirloni L, Kotsyfakis M, Sá-Nunes A.   +15 more
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Rocky Mountain spotted fever. [PDF]

CMAJ
Masoudifar N, Kozak R, Bogoch I.
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