Detection of a Rickettsia genotype related to the old world infecting Amblyomma sculptum tick in an endemic area of brazilian spotted fever
Rev. patol. trop
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48(3): 161-169, 2019. tab
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ABSTRACT
Brazilian Spotted Fever is an important tick-borne disease caused by Rickettsia rickettsii and transmitted mainly by the human-biting tick Amblyomma sculptum. During an epidemiological surveillance in Pedro Leopoldo, an endemic area of Minas Gerais State, southeastern Brazil, ectoparasites were collected from vertebrate hosts and from the environment. Rickettsial genes were obtained from a male A. sculptum and the resulting phylogenetic tree grouped this bacterium with Rickettsia sp. isolate Pampulha, a strain closely related to the pathogenic species Rickettsia tamurae and Rickettsia monacensis. This is the first report of sequences phylogenetically related to R. tamurae and R. monacensis infecting A. sculptum in Brazil.
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Sujet Principal:
Rickettsia
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Infestations par les tiques
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Ixodes
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Maladies endémiques
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Rickettsiose du groupe des fièvres boutonneuses
Type d'étude:
Etude diagnostique
Pays comme sujet:
Amérique du Sud
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Brésil
langue:
Anglais
Texte intégral:
Rev. patol. trop
Thème du journal:
Médecine tropicale
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Pathologie
Année:
2019
Type:
Article
Pays d'affiliation:
Brésil
Institution/Pays d'affiliation:
Fundação Ezequial Dias/BR
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Fundação Oswaldo Cruz/BR
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Secretaria de Vigilância em Saúde/BR
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