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JOURNAL OF MEDICAL ENTOMOLOGY
卷 53, 期 6, 页码 1458-1466出版社
OXFORD UNIV PRESS INC
DOI: 10.1093/jme/tjw121
关键词
spotted-fever; rickettsiae; vector-borne; disease; tick
资金
- Comissao de Aperfeicoamento de Pessoal do Nivel Superior (CAPES)
- 4a Coordenadoria Regional de Saude da Secretaria Estadual de Saude do Estado doCeara (4a CRES/SES/CE)
Rickettsioses are re-emerging vector-borne zoonoses with a global distribution. Recently, Rickettsia sp. strain Atlantic rainforest has been associated with new human spotted-fever (SF) cases in Brazil, featuring particular clinical signs: eschar formation and lymphadenopathy. These cases have been associated with the tick species, Amblyomma ovale. From 2010 until 2015, the Brazilian Health Department confirmed 11 human SF cases in the Macico de Baturite region, Ceara, Brazil. The present study reports the circulation of Rickettsia spp. in vectors from this entirely new endemic area for SF. A total of 1,727 ectoparasites were collected in this area from the environment, humans, and wild and domestic animals. Samples (n = 887) were screened by polymerase chain reaction (PCR), targeting the gltA and ompA rickettsial genes. Sequencing and phylogenetic analyses of gltA gene amplicons were carried out for 13 samples positive for both screening PCRs. Fragments of gltA and ompA from three samples were cloned, sequenced, and analyzed further. A. ovale and Rhipicephalus sanguineus specimens, collected from dogs, were found to be infected with Rickettsia sp. str. Atlantic rainforest, suggesting the importance of dogs in the epidemic cycle. Candidatus Rickettsia andeanae, Rickettsia felis, and Rickettsia bellii were also found infecting ticks and fleas in five municipalities, demonstrating the broad diversity of rickettsiae in circulation in the studied area. This study reports, for the first time, evidence of infection with Rickettsia sp. strain Atlantic rainforest in A. ovale and R. sanguineus in Ceara, and Ca. R. andeanae in an Atlantic rainforest environment of Brazil.
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