Author | Lemos, Elba Regina Sampaio de | |
Author | Machado, Raimundo Diogo | |
Author | Pires, Fernando Dias de Ávila | |
Author | Machado, Sérgio Lisboa | |
Author | Costa, Lígia Maria Cantarino da | |
Author | Coura, José Rodrigues | |
Access date | 2019-07-09T16:51:01Z | |
Available date | 2019-07-09T16:51:01Z | |
Document date | 1997 | |
Citation | LEMOS, Elba Regina Sampaio de et al. Rickettsiae-infected Ticks in an Endemic Area of Spotted Fever in the State of Minas Gerais, Brazil. Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Rio de Janeiro, v. 92, n. 4, p. 477-481, July/Aug. 1997. | pt_BR |
ISSN | 0074-0276 | pt_BR |
URI | https://www.arca.fiocruz.br/handle/icict/33925 | |
Language | eng | pt_BR |
Publisher | Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Oswaldo Cruz | pt_BR |
Rights | open access | pt_BR |
Subject in Portuguese | Febre maculosa | pt_BR |
Subject in Portuguese | Carrapatos | pt_BR |
Subject in Portuguese | Teste de hemolinfa | pt_BR |
Subject in Portuguese | Brasil | pt_BR |
Subject in Portuguese | Minas Gerais | pt_BR |
Title | Rickettsiae-infected Ticks in an Endemic Area of Spotted Fever in the State of Minas Gerais, Brazil | pt_BR |
Type | Article | pt_BR |
DOI | 10.1590/S0074-02761997000400005 | pt_BR |
Abstract | A study on tick-borne rickettsiosis was developed in the county of Santa Cruz do Escalvado, State of Minas Gerais, Brazil, where a clinical case of the disease, confirmed by necropsy, had been reported. Of the 1,254 ticks collected, 1,061 belonged to the Amblyomma genus, 57 to the Rhipicephalus sanguineus species, 81 to Boophilus microplus, and 46 to Anocentor nitens. The hemolymph test associated with Giménez staining showed that 18 of the 221 A. cajennense specimens, 1 of the 16 R. sanguineus, 1 of the 22 B. microplus, 3 of the A. nitens, and 1 of the A. ovale contained rickettsia-like microorganisms. Only 3 A. cajennense ticks were positive under direct immunofluorescence. A. cajennense was the only species found on humans. | pt_BR |
Affilliation | Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Oswaldo Cruz. Departamento de Medicina Tropical. Rio de Janeiro, RJ. Brasil. | pt_BR |
Affilliation | Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro. Instituto de Microbiologia. Departamento de Virologia. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil. | pt_BR |
Affilliation | Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro. Instituto de Microbiologia. Departamento de Virologia. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil. | pt_BR |
Affilliation | Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro. Instituto de Microbiologia. Departamento de Virologia. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil. | pt_BR |
Affilliation | Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Oswaldo Cruz. Departamento de Medicina Tropical. Rio de Janeiro, RJ. Brasil. | pt_BR |
Affilliation | Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Oswaldo Cruz. Departamento de Medicina Tropical. Rio de Janeiro, RJ. Brasil. | pt_BR |
Subject | Spotted fever | pt_BR |
Subject | Ticks | pt_BR |
Subject | Hemolymph test | pt_BR |
Subject | Brazil | pt_BR |
e-ISSN | 1678-8060 | |