Update on tick-borne rickettsioses around the world: a geographic approach

P Parola, CD Paddock, C Socolovschi… - Clinical microbiology …, 2013‏ - journals.asm.org
Tick-borne rickettsioses are caused by obligate intracellular bacteria belonging to the
spotted fever group of the genus Rickettsia. These zoonoses are among the oldest known …

Didelphis spp. opossums and their parasites in the Americas: A One Health perspective

MA Bezerra-Santos, RAN Ramos, AK Campos… - Parasitology …, 2021‏ - Springer
Medium sized opossums (Didelphis spp.) are among the most fascinating mammals of the
Americas, playing important ecological roles (eg, dispersal of seeds and control of insect …

Ecology of rickettsia in South America

MB Labruna - Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, 2009‏ - Wiley Online Library
Until the year 2000, only three Rickettsia species were known in South America:(i) Rickettsia
rickettsii, transmitted by the ticks Amblyomma cajennense, and Amblyomma aureolatum …

Epidemiology of capybara-associated Brazilian spotted fever

HR Luz, FB Costa, HR Benatti, VN Ramos… - PLoS neglected …, 2019‏ - journals.plos.org
Background Brazilian spotted fever (BSF), caused by the bacterium Rickettsia rickettsii, has
been associated with the transmission by the tick Amblyomma sculptum, and one of its main …

[HTML][HTML] Rickettsioses in Latin America, Caribbean, Spain and Portugal

MB Labruna, S Mattar, S Nava, S Bermudez… - Revista MVZ …, 2011‏ - scielo.org.co
Data on genus and infectious by Rickettsia were retrospectively compiled from the critical
review literature regarding all countries in Latin America, Caribbean islands, Portugal and …

Expansion of tick-borne rickettsioses in the world

M Piotrowski, A Rymaszewska - Microorganisms, 2020‏ - mdpi.com
Tick-borne rickettsioses are caused by obligate intracellular bacteria belonging to the
spotted fever group of the genus Rickettsia. These infections are among the oldest known …

Novel spotted fever group rickettsiosis, Brazil

MG Spolidorio, MB Labruna… - Emerging infectious …, 2010‏ - pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
We report a clinical case of spotted fever group rickettsiosis acquired in São Paulo, Brazil.
Definitive diagnosis was supported by seroconversion between acute-phase and …

Ecology of Rickettsia felis: A Review

KE Reif, KR Macaluso - Journal of Medical Entomology, 2009‏ - academic.oup.com
It has been two decades since the first description of Rickettsia felis, and although a nearly
cosmopolitan distribution is now apparent, much of the ecology of this unique …

[HTML][HTML] Ctenocephalides felis felis vs. Ctenocephalides canis (Siphonaptera: Pulicidae): some issues in correctly identify these species

PM Linardi, JLC Santos - Revista brasileira de parasitologia …, 2012‏ - SciELO Brasil
Ctenocephalides felis felis is one of the most important ectoparasites of dogs and cats
throughout the world, because of its geographical distribution, dual parasitological action as …

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

M Ogrzewalska, DG Saraiva, J Moraes-Filho… - Parasitology, 2012‏ - cambridge.org
The tick-borne bacterium Rickettsia rickettsii is the aetiological agent of Brazilian spotted
fever (BSF). The present study evaluated tick infestations on wild and domestic animals, and …