Author | Lugarini, Camile | |
Author | Martins, Thiago Fernandes | |
Author | Ogrzewalska, Maria | |
Author | Vasconcelos, Nathália Costa Teixeira de | |
Author | Ellis, Vincenzo A. | |
Author | Oliveira, Jaqueline Bianque de | |
Author | Pinter, Adriano | |
Author | Labruna, Marcelo B. | |
Author | Silva, Jean Carlos Ramos | |
Access date | 2016-05-11T13:07:58Z | |
Available date | 2016-05-11T13:07:58Z | |
Document date | 2015 | |
Citation | LUGARINI, Camile; et al. Rickettsial agents in avian ixodid ticks in northeast Brazil. Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases, v.6, n.3, p.364-375, Apr. 2015. | pt_BR |
ISSN | 1877-959X | |
URI | https://www.arca.fiocruz.br/handle/icict/14240 | |
Language | eng | pt_BR |
Publisher | Elsevier | pt_BR |
Rights | restricted access | pt_BR |
Subject in Portuguese | Rickettsia | pt_BR |
Subject in Portuguese | Caatinga | pt_BR |
Subject in Portuguese | Floresta Atlântica | pt_BR |
Subject in Portuguese | Amblyomma | pt_BR |
Subject in Portuguese | Carrapato | pt_BR |
Title | Rickettsial agents in avian ixodid ticks in northeast Brazil | pt_BR |
Type | Article | pt_BR |
DOI | 10.1016/j.ttbdis.2015.02.011 | |
Abstract | Birds are important in the maintenance and spread of ticks and tick-borne diseases. In this context we screened birds in the Atlantic forest north of the São Francisco River and Caatinga in northeast Brazil. In the Atlantic forest Amblyomma longirostre, Amblyomma nodosum, Amblyomma varium and Amblyomma auricularium were identified. A. longirostre was infected by “Candidatus Rickettsia amblyommii” and A. nodosum by a Rickettsia parkeri-like agent. In Caatinga, Amblyomma parvum and A. auricularium were identified. A. auricularium was infected by “Ca. R. amblyommii” and Rickettsia bellii. “Canditatus Rickettsia andenae” was also identified in A. parvum collected from birds in Caatinga. In addition, Rickettsia sp. genotype AL was identified in A. varium collected on the clothes of the field team in one area of Atlantic forest. Here we provide a series of new host records for several Neotropical Amblyomma species and document rickettsial infections of “Ca. R. amblyomii” and a R. parkeri-like agent in Paraíba State, and R. bellii and “Ca. R. andenae” in Bahia State. For the first time we provide information regarding the infection of A. varium by “Ca. R. amblyommii”. | pt_BR |
Affilliation | Centro Nacional de Pesquisa e Conservação de Aves Silvestres. Estação Ecológica de Carijós. Florianópolis, SC, Brasil / Universidade Federal Rural de Pernambuco (UFRPE). Departamento de Medicina Veterinária. Recife, PE, Brasil / Instituto Brasileiro para Medicina da Conservação – Tríade. Recife, PE, Brasil. | pt_BR |
Affilliation | Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Faculdade de Medicina Veterinária e Zootecnia. Departamento de Medicina Veterinária Preventiva e Saúde Animal. São Paulo, SP, Brasil. | pt_BR |
Affilliation | Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Oswaldo Cruz. Laboratório de Hantaviroses e Rickettsioses. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil. | pt_BR |
Affilliation | Universidade Federal Rural de Pernambuco (UFRPE). Departamento de Medicina Veterinária. Recife, PE, Brasil. | pt_BR |
Affilliation | University of Missouri-St. Louis. St. Louis, MO, USA. | pt_BR |
Affilliation | Universidade Federal Rural de Pernam. buco (UFRPE). Departamento de Biologia. Recife, PE, Brasil. | pt_BR |
Affilliation | Superintendência de Controle de Endemias (Sucen). São Paulo, SP, Brasil. | pt_BR |
Affilliation | Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Faculdade de Medicina Veterinaria e Zootecnia. Departamento de Medicina Veterinária Preventiva e Saúde Animal. São Paulo, SP, Brasil. | pt_BR |
Affilliation | Universidade Federal Rural de Pernambuco (UFRPE). Departamento de Medicina Veterinária. Recife, PE, Brasil / Instituto Brasileiro para Medicina da Conservação – Tríade. Recife, PE, Brasil. | pt_BR |
Subject | Amblyomma | pt_BR |
Subject | Atlantic forest | pt_BR |
Subject | Caatinga | pt_BR |
Subject | Rickettsia | pt_BR |
e-ISSN | 1877-9603 | |