Rhipicephalus sanguineus (ACARI: IXODIDAE) BITING A HUMAN BEING IN PORTO ALEGRE CITY, RIO GRANDE DO SUL, BRAZIL

We report the finding of a female brown dog tick, Rhipicephalus sanguineus (Acari: Ixodidae) on the scalp of a male patient in Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. Human parasitism by this tick is rare and has seldomly been reported in the literature, despite its recognized importance since it c...

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Autores principales: MENTZ, Márcia Bohrer, TROMBKA, Marcelo, da SILVA, Guilherme Liberato, SILVA, Carlos Eugênio
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Instituto de Medicina Tropical 2016
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4826088/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27074329
http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/S1678-9946201658035
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Sumario:We report the finding of a female brown dog tick, Rhipicephalus sanguineus (Acari: Ixodidae) on the scalp of a male patient in Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. Human parasitism by this tick is rare and has seldomly been reported in the literature, despite its recognized importance since it can act as a vector of Rickettsia rickettsii, the agent of spotted fever.

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