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Ecology, biology and distribution of spotted-fever tick vectors in Brazil

Spotted-fever-caused Rickettsia rickettsii infection is in Brazil the major tick-borne zoonotic disease. Recently, a second and milder human rickettsiosis caused by an agent genetically related to R. parkeri was discovered in the country (Atlantic rainforest strain). Both diseases clearly have an ec...

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Autores principales: Szabó, Matias P. J., Pinter, Adriano, Labruna, Marcelo B.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Frontiers Media S.A. 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3709097/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23875178
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fcimb.2013.00027