Primary isolation of spotted fever group rickettsiae from Amblyomma cooperi collected from Hydrochaeris hydrochaeris in Brazil

Primary isolation of spotted fever group rickettsiae from Amblyomma cooperi collected from Hydrochaeris hydrochaeris in Brazil

This paper reports the first isolation of a spotted fever group rickettsia from an Amblyomma cooperi ixodid collected from a capybara (Hydrochaeris hydrochaeris) in an endemic area of spotted fever in the County of Pedreira, State of São Paulo, Brazil. Isolation was performed in Vero cell culture an...

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Main Authors: Elba Regina Sampaio de Lemos, Heloísa Helena Barbosa Melles, Sílvia Colombo, Raimundo Diogo Machado, José Rodrigues Coura, Maria Angélica Arpon Guimarães, Selênio R Sanseverino, Aline Moura
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Fundação Oswaldo Cruz (FIOCRUZ) 1996-06-01
Series:Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz
Subjects:
Rickettsia
Amblyomma cooperi
isolation
capybara (Hydrochaeris hydrochaeris)
Brazil
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