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Detection of <italic>Rickettsia bellii</italic> and <italic>Rickettsia amblyommii</italic> in <italic>Amblyomma longirostre</italic> (Acari: Ixodidae) from Bahia state, Northeast Brazil

2015; Springer Nature; Volume: 46; Issue: 3 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1590/s1517-838246320140623

ISSN

1678-4405

Autores

Douglas McIntosh, Rodrigo Alves Bezerra, Hermes Ribeiro Luz, João Luiz Horácio Faccini, Fernanda Amato Gaiotto, Gastón Andrés Fernandez Giné, George Rêgo Albuquerque,

Tópico(s)

Insect symbiosis and bacterial influences

Resumo

Studies investigating rickettsial infections in ticks parasitizing wild animals in the Northeast region of Brazil have been confined to the detection of Rickettsia amblyommii in immature stages of Amblyomma longirostre collected from birds in the state of Bahia, and in immatures and females of Amblyomma auriculariumcollected from the striped hog-nosed skunk (Conepatus semistriatus) and armadillos (Euphractus sexcinctus) in the state of Pernambuco. The current study extends the distribution of R. amblyommii (strain Aranha), which was detected in A. longirostre collected from the thin-spined porcupine Chaetomys subspinosus and the hairy dwarf porcupine Coendou insidiosus. In addition, we report the first detection of Rickettsia bellii in adults of A. longirostre collected from C. insidiosus in the state of Bahia.

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