Epidemiology of Brazilian spotted fever in the Atlantic Forest, state of São Paulo, Brazil

Parasitology

Volumn 139, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 1283-1300

  Ogrzewalska, Maria ^a   Saraiva, Danilo G ^a   Moraes Filho, Jonas ^a   Martins, Thiago F ^a   Costa, Francisco B ^a   Pinter, Adriano ^b   Labruna, Marcelo B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b SUPERINTENDÊNCIA DE CONTROLE DE ENDEMIAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Amblyomma aureolatum; Atlantic Forest; Rickettsia rickettsii; spotted fever; ticks

Indexed keywords

AMBLYOMMA; AMBLYOMMA CAJENNENSE; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; BRAZILIAN SPOTTED FEVER; DNA SEQUENCE; DOG; FOREST; HAPLOTYPE; INFECTION RATE; IXODES; LANDSCAPE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; NYMPH; PARASITE PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RHIPICEPHALUS SANGUINEUS; RICKETTSIA AFRICAE; RICKETTSIA SIBIRICA; RICKETTSIOSIS; SEROPREVALENCE; TICK INFESTATION;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; BIODIVERSITY; BIRD DISEASES; BIRDS; BRAZIL; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; IXODIDAE; MAMMALS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PARASITIC DISEASES, ANIMAL; PREVALENCE; RHIPICEPHALUS SANGUINEUS; RICKETTSIA RICKETTSII; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; ROCKY MOUNTAIN SPOTTED FEVER; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; TICK INFESTATIONS; TREES;

AMBLYOMMA AUREOLATUM; AMBLYOMMA LONGIROSTRE; ANIMALIA; AVES; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CANIS FAMILIARIS; IXODES LORICATUS; IXODIDA; MAMMALIA; RHIPICEPHALUS SANGUINEUS; RICKETTSIA RICKETTSII;

EID: 84866123776     PISSN: 00311820     EISSN: 14698161     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0031182012000546     Document Type: Article

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