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| Souza,Celso Eduardo de; Souza,Savina Silvana Lacerra de; Lima,Virgília Luna Castor; Calic,Simone Berger; Camargo,Maria Cecilia Gibrail Oliveira; Savani,Elisa San Martin Mouriz; D'Auria,Sandra Regina Nicoletti; Linhares,Arício Xavier; Yoshinari,Natalino Hajime. |
| Diseases transmitted by ticks have been an important health problem all over the world. Brazilian Spotted Fever (BSF) stands for a serious epidemiological concern due to the high mortality rates pointed out. Capybaras are commonly incriminated as possible reservoirs in the BSF transmission cycle. In the last decades the numbers of these animals raised sharply and they have invaded human areas. They intensify the contact between ticks and humans beings. This study aim is to contribute to the possible role performed for this rodent in the BSF epidemiology in some areas located in Campinas region, São Paulo. Cabybaras infected by rickettsiae of BSF group were studied through the analysis of the frequencies of BSF-group rickettisae antibodies titer = 64 by... |
| Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Palavras-chave: Rickettsia; Amblyomma; Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris; Capybara; Spotted Fever. |
| Ano: 2008 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0103-84782008000600031 |
