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HUMAN PARASITISM BY AMBLYOMMA PARKERI TICKS INFECTED WITH CANDIDATUS RICKETTSIA PARANAENSIS, BRAZIL
Borsoi, Ana Beatriz P. et al. | Date Issued: 2019
Author
Borsoi, Ana Beatriz P.
Bitencourth, Karla
Oliveira, Stefan V. de
Amorim, Marinete
Gazêta, Gilberto S.
Affilliation
Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Oswaldo Cruz. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil.
Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Oswaldo Cruz. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil.
Ministério da Saúde. Brasília, DF, Brasil / Universidade Federal de Uberlândia. Uberlândia, MG, Brasil.
Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Oswaldo Cruz. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil.
Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Oswaldo Cruz. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil.
Abstract
Spotted fever is the main rickettsial disease in Brazil. We re port 12 cases of human parasitism by Amblyomma parkeri in the Atlantic rainforest, an area of Brazil to which spotted fever is endemic. Nine of the ticks were infected with Candi datus Rickettsia paranaensis.
Keywords in Portuguese
Parasitismo Humano
Amblyomma parkeri
Carrapatos
Candidatus Rickettsia paranaensis
Brasil
 
Keywords
Human Parasitism
Amblyomma parkeri
Ticks
Candidatus Rickettsia paranaensis
Brazil
 
Publisher
Johns Hopkins Medicine
Citation
BORSOI, Ana Beatriz P. et al. Human Parasitism by Amblyomma parkeri Ticks Infected with Candidatus Rickettsia paranaensis, Brazil. Emerging Infectious Diseases, v. 25, n. 12, p. 2339-2341, Dec. 2019.
DOI
10.3201/eid2512.1909819-0988
ISSN
1080-6040