[1] Superintendencia Controle Endemias SUCEN, Lab Carrapatos, Mogi Guacu, SP, Brazil
[2] Secretaria Estadual Saude Minas Gerais, Fundacao Ezequiel Dias, Lab Biosseguranca, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil
[3] Secretaria Municipal Saude Sao Paulo, Lab Zoonoses & Doencas Transmitidas Vetores, Sao Paulo, Brazil
[4] Univ Estadual Campinas, Inst Biol, Dept Parasitol, BR-13081970 Campinas, SP, Brazil
[5] Univ Sao Paulo, Fac Med, Lab Doenca Lyme Simile, Sao Paulo, Brazil