RESUMEN
We revisited a Brazilian spotted fever focal area in Minas Gerais state, Brazil, in 2002, and performed a serologic survey in dogs and cats. The results of this survey are compared with the survey made 10 years before. The possible efficacy of vector control measures adopted in this area and the role of dogs and horses as sentinels of infection by Rickettsia are discussed.
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Infecciones por Rickettsia/epidemiología , Animales , Brasil/epidemiología , Encuestas Epidemiológicas , Caballos/microbiología , Humanos , Incidencia , Infecciones por Rickettsia/transmisión , Garrapatas/microbiología , ZoonosisRESUMEN
The authors describe their work in the Americas in Rickettsia felis cases in humans and the presence of Rickettsia felis in vectors.
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Infecciones por Rickettsia/epidemiología , Rickettsia felis , Animales , Humanos , Insectos Vectores , América del Norte/epidemiología , Infecciones por Rickettsia/diagnóstico , América del Sur/epidemiologíaRESUMEN
The authors describe cases of Brazilian spotted fever (BSF) diagnosed in Minas Gerais state, Brazil, by the Minas Gerais Public Health Laboratory, Ezequiel Dias Foundation from 1995 to 2004. In addition they present three cases of human Rickettsia felis rickettsiosis from Minas Gerais diagnosed in France in 1999, and the first two suspected cases of human monocytic ehrlichiosis (HME) diagnosed in Ezequiel Dias Foundation in 2001. In both cases a differential diagnose was made with BSF.