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INFECTION OF AMBLYOMMA OVALE WITH RICKETTSIA SPECIES ATLANTIC RAINFOREST IN SERRA DO MAR, SÃO PAULO STATE, BRAZIL
Luz, Hermes Ribeiro et al. | Date Issued: 2016
Author
Luz, Hermes Ribeiro
McIntosh, Douglas
Furusawa, Guilherme P.
Flausino, Walter
Rozental, Tatiana
Lemos, Elba R. S.
Landulfo, Gabriel A.
Faccini, João Luiz H.
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Universidade Federal Rural do Rio de Janeiro. Departamento de Parasitologia Animal. Seropédica, RJ, Brasil.
Universidade Federal Rural do Rio de Janeiro. Departamento de Parasitologia Animal. Seropédica, RJ, Brasil.
Universidade Federal Rural do Rio de Janeiro. Departamento de Parasitologia Animal. Seropédica, RJ, Brasil.
Universidade Federal Rural do Rio de Janeiro. Departamento de Parasitologia Animal. Seropédica, RJ, Brasil.
Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Oswaldo Cruz. Laboratório de Hantaviroses e Rickettsioses. Rio de Janeiro, RJ. Brasil.
Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Oswaldo Cruz. Laboratório de Hantaviroses e Rickettsioses. Rio de Janeiro, RJ. Brasil.
Universidade Federal Rural do Rio de Janeiro. Departamento de Parasitologia Animal. Seropédica, RJ, Brasil.
Universidade Federal Rural do Rio de Janeiro. Departamento de Parasitologia Animal. Seropédica, RJ, Brasil.
Abstract
Rickettsia rickettsii and Rickettsia sp. strain Atlantic rainforest, that is considered to represent a genetic variant of Rickettsia parkeri, are confirmed as being capable of infecting humans in Brazil. This study reports the detection and characterization, by PCR and nucleotide sequencing, of Rickettsia sp. strain Atlantic rain forest in Amblyomma ovale parasitizing a human, in ticks infesting dogs and in free-living ticks collected from the environment where the human infestation was recorded. The data contribute to our knowledge of infection rates in A. ovale with Rickettsia sp. strain Atlantic rainforest and identified an additional location in the state of São Paulo populated with ticks infected with this emerging pathogen.
Keywords in Portuguese
Humanos
Cães
Rickettsia
Floresta Atlântica
Brasil
Amblyomma ovale
 
Keywords
Amblyomma ovale
Human
Dogs
Rickettsia
Atlantic rainforest
Brazil
 
Publisher
Elsevier
Citation
LUZ, Hermes Ribeiro; et al. Infection of Amblyomma ovale with Rickettsia species Atlantic rainforest in Serra do Mar, São Paulo State, Brazil. Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases, v.7, n.6, p.1265–1267, Oct. 2016.
DOI
10.1016/j.ttbdis.2016.07.003
ISSN
1877-959X