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Human Parasitism by Amblyomma parkeri Ticks Infected with Candidatus Rickettsia paranaensis, Brazil.
Emerg Infect Dis
; 25(12): 2339-2341, 2019 12.
Artículo
en Inglés
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-31742531
RESUMEN
Spotted fever is the main rickettsial disease in Brazil. We report 12 cases of human parasitism by Amblyomma parkeri in the Atlantic rainforest, an area of Brazil to which spotted fever is endemic. Nine of the ticks were infected with Candidatus Rickettsia paranaensis.