New epidemiological data on Brazilian spotted fever in an endemic area of the state of São Paulo, Brazil

Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 73-78

  Moraes Filho, Jonas ^a   Pinter, Adriano ^b   Pacheco, Richard C ^a   Gutmann, Thais B ^c   Barbosa, Sonia O ^c   Gonzáles, Maria Adelaide R M ^c   Muraro, Marcos A ^c   Cecílio, Silvia R M ^c   Labruna, Marcelo B ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b SUPERINTENDÊNCIA DE CONTROLE DE ENDEMIAS   (Brazil)

^c Prefeitura Municipal de Santo André   (Brazil)

^d Hospital Veterinário   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Diagnostics; Epidemiology; Field studies; Rickettsia; Tick(s)

Indexed keywords

AMBLYOMMA; AMBLYOMMA AUREOLATUM; AMBLYOMMA LONGIROSTRE; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BRAZIL; BRAZILIAN SPOTTED FEVER; DISEASE CARRIER; DOG; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FIELD STUDY; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; INFESTATION; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHIPICEPHALUS SANGUINEUS; RICKETTSIA BELLII; RICKETTSIA RICKETTSII; RICKETTSIOSIS; SEROLOGY; TICK;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; ARACHNID VECTORS; BRAZIL; DNA, BACTERIAL; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; HUMANS; IXODIDAE; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RHIPICEPHALUS SANGUINEUS; RICKETTSIA; RICKETTSIA RICKETTSII; ROCKY MOUNTAIN SPOTTED FEVER;

AMBLYOMMA; AMBLYOMMA AUREOLATUM; AMBLYOMMA LONGIROSTRE; CANIS FAMILIARIS; IXODIDA; RHIPICEPHALUS SANGUINEUS; RICKETTSIA; RICKETTSIA BELLII; RICKETTSIA RICKETTSII;

EID: 60249089707     PISSN: 15303667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/vbz.2007.0227     Document Type: Article

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