Rickettsiae-infected Ticks in an Endemic Area of Spotted Fever in the State of Minas Gerais, Brazil

Rickettsiae-infected Ticks in an Endemic Area of Spotted Fever in the State of Minas Gerais, Brazil

A study on tick-borne rickettsiosis was developed in the county of Santa Cruz do Escalvado, State of Minas Gerais, Brazil, where a clinical case of the disease, confirmed by necropsy, had been reported. Of the 1,254 ticks collected, 1,061 belonged to the Amblyomma genus, 57 to the Rhipicephalus sang...

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Main Authors: Elba Regina Sampaio de Lemos, Raimundo Diogo Machado, Fernando Dias de Ávila Pires, Sérgio Lisboa Machado, Lígia Maria Cantarino da Costa, José Rodrigues Coura
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Fundação Oswaldo Cruz (FIOCRUZ) 1997-07-01
Series:Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz
Subjects:
spotted fever
ticks
hemolymph test
Brazil
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