Spotted Fever Group Rickettsia in the Pampa Biome, Brazil, 2015-2016

Bárbara Weck; Bruno Dall'Agnol; Ugo Souza; Anelise Webster; Barbara Stenzel; Guilherme Klafke; João Ricardo Martins; José Reck

doi:10.3201/eid2211.160859

Spotted Fever Group Rickettsia in the Pampa Biome, Brazil, 2015-2016

Emerg Infect Dis. 2016 Nov;22(11):2014-2016. doi: 10.3201/eid2211.160859.

Authors

Bárbara Weck, Bruno Dall'Agnol, Ugo Souza, Anelise Webster, Barbara Stenzel, Guilherme Klafke, João Ricardo Martins, José Reck

No abstract available

Keywords: Amblyomma tigrinum; Brazil; Pampa; R. rickettsii R. rickettsii; Rickettsia; Rickettsiae; Rio Grande do Sul; SFG; bacteria; spotted fever group; tick; vector-borne infections.

Publication types

Case Reports
Historical Article
Letter
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Animals
Brazil / epidemiology
History, 21st Century
Humans
Population Surveillance
Rickettsia* / classification
Rickettsia* / genetics
Rickettsia* / isolation & purification
Spotted Fever Group Rickettsiosis / epidemiology*
Spotted Fever Group Rickettsiosis / history
Spotted Fever Group Rickettsiosis / microbiology*
Spotted Fever Group Rickettsiosis / transmission
Ticks / microbiology