Rickettsial spotted fever in capoeirão Village, Itabira, Minas Gerais, Brazil Rickettsiose do grupo da febre maculosa na Vila de Capoeirão, Itabira, Minas Gerais, Brasil

Rickettsial spotted fever in capoeirão Village, Itabira, Minas Gerais, Brazil Rickettsiose do grupo da febre maculosa na Vila de Capoeirão, Itabira, Minas Gerais, Brasil

The present study investigated the infection by spotted fever rickettsia in an endemic area for Brazilian spotted fever (BSF; caused by Rickettsia rickettsii) in Minas Gerais State, Brazil. Human, canine and equine sera samples, and Amblyomma cajennense adult ticks collected in a rural area of Itabi...

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Main Authors: Manoella Campostrini Barreto Vianna, Maurício Claudio Horta, Luis Antônio Sangioni, Adriana Cortez, Rodrigo Martins Soares, Cláudio Lisias Mafra, Márcio Antônio Moreira Galvão, Marcelo Bahia Labruna, Solange Maria Gennari
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade de São Paulo 2008-10-01
Series:Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo
Subjects:
Spotted fever
Rickettsia rickettsii
Indirect Immunofluorescence Assay
PCR
Itabira
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