Literature DB >> 3923853

Isolation and identification of Rickettsia rickettsii from the rabbit tick (Haemaphysalis leporispalustris) in the Atlantic zone of Costa Rica.

L Fuentes, A Calderón, L Hun.   

Abstract

During the ecological studies done in Costa Rica on Rocky Mountain spotted fever, we have been able to isolate 2 strains of rickettsiae from the rabbit tick Haemaphysalis leporispalustris, indistinguishable from R. rickettsii isolated from humans in our country. Moreover, serological evidence of this agent was demonstrated in convalescent guinea pigs and in the sera of the wild rabbit (Sylvilagus braziliensis).

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Year:  1985        PMID: 3923853     DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.1985.34.564

Source DB:  PubMed          Journal:  Am J Trop Med Hyg        ISSN: 0002-9637            Impact factor:   2.345


  11 in total

1.  Phylogeography of Rickettsia rickettsii genotypes associated with fatal Rocky Mountain spotted fever.

Authors:  Christopher D Paddock; Amy M Denison; R Ryan Lash; Lindy Liu; Brigid C Bollweg; F Scott Dahlgren; Cristina T Kanamura; Rodrigo N Angerami; Fabiana C Pereira dos Santos; Roosecelis Brasil Martines; Sandor E Karpathy
Journal:  Am J Trop Med Hyg       Date:  2014-06-23       Impact factor: 2.345

2.  Multistate Survey of American Dog Ticks (Dermacentor variabilis) for Rickettsia Species.

Authors:  Joy A Hecht; Michelle E J Allerdice; Elizabeth A Dykstra; Laura Mastel; Rebecca J Eisen; Tammi L Johnson; Holly D Gaff; Andrea S Varela-Stokes; Jerome Goddard; Benedict B Pagac; Christopher D Paddock; Sandor E Karpathy
Journal:  Vector Borne Zoonotic Dis       Date:  2019-04-03       Impact factor: 2.133

3.  Ticks (Acari: Ixodidae) in the Serra da Canastra National Park in Minas Gerais, Brazil: species, abundance, ecological and seasonal aspects with notes on rickettsial infection.

Authors:  Matias Pablo Juan Szabó; Maria Marlene Martins; Márcio Botelho de Castro; Richard Campos Pacheco; Graziela Virginia Tolesano-Pascoli; Khelma Torga Dos Santos; Thiago Fernandes Martins; Luis Gustavo Antunes de Souza; Joares Adenilson May-Junior; Jonny Yokosawa; Marcelo Bahia Labruna
Journal:  Exp Appl Acarol       Date:  2018-10-13       Impact factor: 2.132

4.  Life cycle of the tick Haemaphysalis leporis-palustris (Acari: Ixodidae) under laboratory conditions.

Authors:  M B Labruna; R C Leite; J L Faccini; F Ferreira
Journal:  Exp Appl Acarol       Date:  2000       Impact factor: 2.132

5.  Molecular survey of Rickettsia spp. in the Neotropical deer tick Haemaphysalis juxtakochi from Brazilian Pampa.

Authors:  Ugo Souza; Bruno Dall'Agnol; Thais Michel; Anelise Webster; Barbara Weck; Rovaina Doyle; Carlos B Kasper; João Soares; João Ricardo Martins; Tatiane C Trigo; Ricardo Ott; Márcia M A Jardim; José Reck
Journal:  Parasitol Res       Date:  2018-07-06       Impact factor: 2.289

6.  New host records of Haemaphysalis leporispalustris (Acari: Ixodidae) on birds in Brazil.

Authors:  Viviane Zeringóta; Ralph Maturano; Ísis Daniele Alves Costa Santolin; Douglas McIntosh; Kátia Maria Famadas; Erik Daemon; João Luiz Horacio Faccini
Journal:  Parasitol Res       Date:  2016-03-11       Impact factor: 2.289

7.  Tick-borne rickettsioses in America: unanswered questions and emerging diseases.

Authors:  Philippe Parola; Marcelo B Labruna; Didier Raoult
Journal:  Curr Infect Dis Rep       Date:  2009-01       Impact factor: 3.725

8.  Experimental infection of the rabbit tick, Haemaphysalis leporispalustris, with the bacterium Rickettsia rickettsii, and comparative biology of infected and uninfected tick lineages.

Authors:  Luciana Helena T Freitas; João Luiz H Faccini; Marcelo B Labruna
Journal:  Exp Appl Acarol       Date:  2008-12-09       Impact factor: 2.132

9.  A fatal urban case of rocky mountain spotted fever presenting an eschar in San Jose, Costa Rica.

Authors:  Ana Patricia Argüello; Laya Hun; Patricia Rivera; Lizeth Taylor
Journal:  Am J Trop Med Hyg       Date:  2012-08       Impact factor: 2.345

10.  Ticks and rickettsiae from wildlife in Belize, Central America.

Authors:  Marcos G Lopes; Joares May Junior; Rebecca J Foster; Bart J Harmsen; Emma Sanchez; Thiago F Martins; Howard Quigley; Arlei Marcili; Marcelo B Labruna
Journal:  Parasit Vectors       Date:  2016-02-02       Impact factor: 3.876

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