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
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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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author MENTZ, Márcia Bohrer
TROMBKA, Marcelo
da SILVA, Guilherme Liberato
SILVA, Carlos Eugênio
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description 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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spelling pubmed-48260882016-04-21 Rhipicephalus sanguineus (ACARI: IXODIDAE) BITING A HUMAN BEING IN PORTO ALEGRE CITY, RIO GRANDE DO SUL, BRAZIL MENTZ, Márcia Bohrer TROMBKA, Marcelo da SILVA, Guilherme Liberato SILVA, Carlos Eugênio Rev Inst Med Trop Sao Paulo Case Report 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. Instituto de Medicina Tropical 2016-04-08 /pmc/articles/PMC4826088/ /pubmed/27074329 http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/S1678-9946201658035 Text en http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0 This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License
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MENTZ, Márcia Bohrer
TROMBKA, Marcelo
da SILVA, Guilherme Liberato
SILVA, Carlos Eugênio
Rhipicephalus sanguineus (ACARI: IXODIDAE) BITING A HUMAN BEING IN PORTO ALEGRE CITY, RIO GRANDE DO SUL, BRAZIL
title Rhipicephalus sanguineus (ACARI: IXODIDAE) BITING A HUMAN BEING IN PORTO ALEGRE CITY, RIO GRANDE DO SUL, BRAZIL
title_full Rhipicephalus sanguineus (ACARI: IXODIDAE) BITING A HUMAN BEING IN PORTO ALEGRE CITY, RIO GRANDE DO SUL, BRAZIL
title_fullStr Rhipicephalus sanguineus (ACARI: IXODIDAE) BITING A HUMAN BEING IN PORTO ALEGRE CITY, RIO GRANDE DO SUL, BRAZIL
title_full_unstemmed Rhipicephalus sanguineus (ACARI: IXODIDAE) BITING A HUMAN BEING IN PORTO ALEGRE CITY, RIO GRANDE DO SUL, BRAZIL
title_short Rhipicephalus sanguineus (ACARI: IXODIDAE) BITING A HUMAN BEING IN PORTO ALEGRE CITY, RIO GRANDE DO SUL, BRAZIL
title_sort rhipicephalus sanguineus (acari: ixodidae) biting a human being in porto alegre city, rio grande do sul, brazil
topic Case Report
url 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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