Rickettsia amblyommii infecting Amblyomma sculptum in endemic spotted fever area from southeastern Brazil

The Rickettsia bacteria include the aetiological agents for the human spotted fever (SF) disease. In the present study, a SF groupRickettsia amblyommii related bacterium was detected in a field collected Amblyomma sculptum (Amblyomma cajennense species complex) tick from a Brazilian SF endemic site...

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Main Authors: Emília de Carvalho Nunes, Vinicius Figueiredo Vizzoni, Daniel Leal Navarro, Felipe Campos de Melo Iani, Liliane Silva Durães, Erik Daemon, Carlos Augusto Gomes Soares, Gilberto Salles Gazeta
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Language:English
Published: Fundação Oswaldo Cruz (FIOCRUZ) 2015-12-01
Series:Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0074-02762015000801058&lng=en&tlng=en