A human case of spotted fever caused by Rickettsia parkeri strain Atlantic rainforest and its association to the tick Amblyomma ovale

A human case of spotted fever caused by Rickettsia parkeri strain Atlantic rainforest and its association to the tick Amblyomma ovale

Abstract Background Rickettsia parkeri strain Atlantic rainforest has emerged in Brazil during the last 10 years, with three laboratory-confirmed human cases. While these cases were epidemiologically associated with the tick Amblyomma ovale, in none of them the tick specimens that bit the patients c...

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Main Authors: Anaiá da Paixão Sevá, Thiago Fernandes Martins, Sebastián Muñoz-Leal, Ana Carla Rodrigues, Adriano Pinter, Hermes R. Luz, Rodrigo N. Angerami, Marcelo B. Labruna
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2019-10-01
Series:Parasites & Vectors
Subjects:
Rickettsia parkeri
Amblyomma ovale
Inoculation eschar
Bahia
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13071-019-3730-2

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