Epidemiological aspects of the Brazilian spotted fever: seasonal activity of ticks collected in an endemic area in São Paulo, Brazil

Ticks were collected from vegetation and animals at monthly intervals during one year (1993-1994) in an endemic area of Brazilian spotted fever in the Country of Pedreira, State of São Paulo. Six species of ticks were identified Amblyomma cajennense, Amblyomma cooperi, Amblyomma triste, Anocentor ni...

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Published in:Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical 1997-06, Vol.30 (3), p.181-185
Main Authors: de Lemos, E R, Machado, R D, Coura, J R, Guimarães, M A, Freire, N M, Amorim, M, Gazeta, G S
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Animals
Animals, Domestic - parasitology
Arachnid Vectors - classification
Brazil - epidemiology
Brazilian spotted fever
Carrapatos
Disease Reservoirs
Epidemiologia
Epidemiology
Febre maculosa brasileira
Humans
Larva
Nymph
Plants - parasitology
Population Density
Quantitative research
Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever - epidemiology
Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever - transmission
Sazonalidade
Seasonality
Seasons
Ticks
Ticks - classification
TROPICAL MEDICINE
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Summary:Ticks were collected from vegetation and animals at monthly intervals during one year (1993-1994) in an endemic area of Brazilian spotted fever in the Country of Pedreira, State of São Paulo. Six species of ticks were identified Amblyomma cajennense, Amblyomma cooperi, Amblyomma triste, Anocentor nitens, Rhipicephalus sanguineus and Boophilus microplus. Only the first species was sufficiently numerous to permit a quantitative study with seasonal activity, although the distribution and source of capture of other species were observed and are reported. This information is correlated with the epidemiology of tick-borne rickettsiosis.
ISSN:0037-8682
1678-9849
0037-8682
1678-9849
DOI:10.1590/s0037-86821997000300002