Ecology, biology and distribution of spotted-fever tick vectors in Brazil

Ecology, biology and distribution of spotted-fever tick vectors in Brazil

Spotted-fever caused Rickettsia rickettsii infection is in Brazil the major tick-borne zoonotic disease. Recently a second and milder human rickettsiosis caused by an agent genetically related to R. parkeri was discovered in the country (Atlantic rainforest strain). Both diseases clearly have an eco...

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Main Authors: Matias Pablo Juan Szabó, Adriano ePinter, Marcelo Bahia Labruna
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2013-07-01
Series:Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology
Subjects:
Brazil
Ecology
Rickettsia
tick species
human spotted-fever
Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fcimb.2013.00027/full

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