Rickettsiae-infected ticks in an endemic area of spotted fever in the State of Minas Gerais, Brazil.

Abstract:

: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 sanguineus species, 81 to Boophilus microplus, and 46 to Anocentor nitens. The hemolymph test associated with Giménez staining showed that 18 of the 221 A. cajennense specimens, 1 of the 16 R. sanguineus, 1 of the 22 B. microplus, 3 of the A. nitens, and 1 of the A. ovale contained rickettsia-like microorganisms. Only 3 A. cajennense ticks were positive under direct immunofluorescence. A. cajennense was the only species found on humans.

journal_name

Mem Inst Oswaldo Cruz

authors

de Lemos ER,Machado RD,Pires FD,Machado SL,da Costa LM,Coura JR

doi

10.1590/s0074-02761997000400005

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

1997-07-01 00:00:00

pages

477-81

issue

4

eissn

0074-0276

issn

1678-8060

pii

S0074-02761997000400005

journal_volume

92

pub_type

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