Study of infection by ricketsiae of the spoted fever group in humans and ticks in an urban park located in the City of Londrina, State of Paraná, Brazil;Estudo da infecção por Rickettsias do grupo da febre maculosa em humanos e carrapatos de um parque urbano na Cidade de Londrina, Estado do Paraná

Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 313-317

  Toledo, Roberta Santos ^a   Tamekuni, Katia ^a   de Freitas Silva Filho, Mauro ^a   Haydu, Valeska Bender ^a   Pacheco, Richard Campos ^b   Labruna, Marcelo Bahia ^b   Dumler, John Stephen ^c   Vidoto, Odilon ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF LONDRINA   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Amblyomma cajennense; Amblyomma dubitatum; Epidemiology; PCR; Ricketsia

Indexed keywords

CITRATE SYNTHASE; BACTERIUM ANTIBODY;

AMBLYOMMA; AMBLYOMMA CAJENNENSE; AMBLYOMMA DUBITATUM; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; BRAZIL; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; QUESTIONNAIRE; RICKETTSIA PARKERI; RICKETTSIA RICKETTSII; RICKETTSIACEAE INFECTION; RICKETTSIOSIS; RURAL AREA; SEROLOGY; TICK; TICK BITE; URBAN AREA; ANIMAL; BLOOD; CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; GENETICS; IMMUNOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; PARASITOLOGY; RICKETTSIA; ROCKY MOUNTAIN SPOTTED FEVER; RODENT; SANITATION; URBAN POPULATION;

AMBLYOMMA; AMBLYOMMA CAJENNENSE; AMBLYOMMA DUBITATUM; IXODIDA;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; BRAZIL; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT; HUMANS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PUBLIC FACILITIES; RICKETTSIA; ROCKY MOUNTAIN SPOTTED FEVER; RODENTIA; TICKS; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 79960583498     PISSN: 00378682     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0037-86822011005000037     Document Type: Article

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