Rickettsia Species Infecting Amblyomma cooperi Ticks from an Area in the State of São Paulo, Brazil, Where Brazilian Spotted Fever Is Endemic

MB Labruna, T Whitworth, MC Horta… - Journal of clinical …, 2004 - Am Soc Microbiol
Owing to the potential role of the tick Amblyomma cooperi in the enzootic cycle of Rickettsia
rickettsii, the etiologic agent of Brazilian spotted fever (BSF), this study evaluated infection by …

Isolation of Rickettsia rickettsii and Rickettsia bellii in Cell Culture from the Tick Amblyomma aureolatum in Brazil

A Pinter, MB Labruna - Annals of the New York Academy of …, 2006 - Wiley Online Library
Brazilian spotted fever (BSF) is a highly lethal disease caused by Rickettsia rickettsii. In the
present study, rickettsial infection was evaluated in 669 Amblyomma aureolatum adult ticks …

Rickettsial infection in Amblyomma cajennense ticks and capybaras (Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris) in a Brazilian spotted fever-endemic area

FS Krawczak, FA Nieri-Bastos, FP Nunes, JF Soares… - Parasites & vectors, 2014 - Springer
Background Brazilian spotted fever (BSF), caused by the bacterium Rickettsia rickettsii, is
the deadliest spotted fever of the world. In most of the BSF-endemic areas, capybaras …

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

E Guedes, RC Leite, MCA Prata… - Memórias do Instituto …, 2005 - SciELO Brasil
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 …

[HTML][HTML] Serosurvey of Rickettsia spp. in dogs and humans from an endemic area for Brazilian spotted fever in the State of São Paulo, Brazil

A Pinter, MC Horta, RC Pacheco… - Cadernos de saude …, 2008 - SciELO Brasil
The present study provides a rickettsial serosurvey in 25 dogs and 35 humans in an
endemic area for Brazilian spotted fever in the State of São Paulo, where the tick …

[HTML][HTML] Rickettsial infection in animals and Brazilian spotted fever endemicity

LA Sangioni, MC Horta, MCB Vianna… - Emerging Infectious …, 2005 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
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 …

[HTML][HTML] Rickettsia parkeri in Brazil

I Silveira, RC Pacheco, MPJ Szabó… - Emerging infectious …, 2007 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
We report finding Rickettsia parkeri in Brazil in 9.7% of Amblyomma triste ticks examined. An
R. parkeri isolate was successfully established in Vero cell culture. Molecular …

Isolation of Rickettsia rhipicephali and Rickettsia bellii from Haemaphysalis juxtakochi Ticks in the State of São Paulo, Brazil

MB Labruna, RC Pacheco… - Applied and …, 2007 - Am Soc Microbiol
In the present study, attempts to isolate Rickettsia in cell culture were performed individually
in seven specimens of Haemaphysalis juxtakochi ticks collected in the state of São Paulo …

Molecular Evidence for a Spotted Fever Group Rickettsia Species in the Tick Amblyomma longirostre in Brazil

MB Labruna, JW McBride, DH Bouyer… - Journal of medical …, 2004 - academic.oup.com
Two Amblyomma longirostre adult male ticks were collected from a Brazilian porcupine
Coendou prehensilis L. in the state of Rondonia, Western Amazon, Brazil. The two ticks …

Epidemiology of Rickettsia sp. strain Atlantic rainforest in a spotted fever-endemic area of southern Brazil

ARM Barbieri, M Jonas Filho, FA Nieri-Bastos… - Ticks and tick-borne …, 2014 - Elsevier
The present study was performed in Vila Itoupava, an area of the state of Santa Catarina,
southern Brazil, in which a tick-borne spotted fever illness has been endemic since 2003 …