Epidemiology of capybara-associated Brazilian spotted fever

Ribeiro Luz, Hermes; Borges Costa, Francisco; Ribeiro Benatti, Hector; do Nascimento Ramos, Vanessa; Carolina de Azevedo Serpa, Maria; Fernandes Martins, Thiago; da Cunha Lima Acosta, Igor; Garcia Ramirez, Diego; Muñoz‐Leal, Sebastián; Ramírez‐Hernández, Alejandro; C. Binder, Lina; Port Carvalho, Márcio; José Rocha, Vlamir; C. Dias, Thiago; L. Simeoni, Camila; Brites‐Neto, José; Brasil, Jardel; Maria Nievas, Ana; Ferreira Monticelli, Patrícia; Estela Gaglianone Moro, Maria; Lopes, Beatriz; Moura de Aguiar, Daniel; de Campos Pacheco, Richard; Eduardo de Souza, Celso; Piovezan, Ubiratan; Soares Juliano, Raquel; Maria Paschoaletto Micchi de Barros Ferraz, Kátia; Pablo Juan Szabó, Matías; B. Labruna, Marcelo

doi:10.1371/journal.pntd.0007734

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Epidemiology of capybara-associated Brazilian spotted fever

Published in PLoS neglected tropical diseases • Sep 6, 2019

Authors:

Hermes Ribeiro Luz

Francisco Borges Costa

Hector Ribeiro Benatti

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Brazilian spotted fever (BSF), caused by the bacterium Rickettsia rickettsii, has been associated with the transmission by the tick Amblyomma sculptum, and one of its main hosts, the capybara (Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris). METHODS: During 2015-2019, we captured capybaras and ticks in seven...

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Tick

Biology

Tick-borne disease

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