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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 Gimenez 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.
Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz (ISSN: 1678-8060) Vol 92 Num 4. 01/1997;
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Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz (ISSN: 1678-8060) Vol 91 Num 6.
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Jose Rodrigues Coura
Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz (ISSN: 1678-8060) Vol 89 Num 1.
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ABSTRACT: 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 S o Paulo, Brazil. Isolation was performed in Vero cell culture and submitted to immunofluorescence, using antibody from Rickettsia rickettsii-positive human serum.
Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz (ISSN: 1678-8060) Vol 91 Num 3.