Eschar-associated Spotted Fever Rickettsiosis, Bahia, Brazil

被引:98
作者
Silva, Nanci [2 ]
Eremeeva, Marina E. [3 ]
Rozental, Tatiana [4 ]
Ribeiro, Guilherme S. [5 ,6 ]
Paddock, Christopher D. [3 ]
Ramos, Eduardo Antonio G. [5 ]
Favacho, Alexsandra R. M. [4 ]
Reis, Mitermayer G. [5 ]
Dasch, Gregory A. [3 ]
de Lemos, Elba R. S. [4 ]
Ko, Albert I. [1 ,5 ]
机构
[1] Yale Univ, Sch Publ Hlth, Epidemiol Microbial Dis Div, New Haven, CT 06520 USA
[2] Med & Publ Hlth Sch Bahia, Salvador, BA, Brazil
[3] Ctr Dis Control & Prevent, Atlanta, GA USA
[4] Inst Oswaldo Cruz, BR-20001 Rio De Janeiro, Brazil
[5] Inst Oswaldo Cruz, Salvador, BA, Brazil
[6] Univ Fed Bahia, Salvador, BA, Brazil
关键词
RHIPICEPHALUS-SANGUINEUS TICKS; ENDEMIC AREA; SAO-PAULO; MASSILIAE; STATE;
D O I
10.3201/eid1702.100859
中图分类号
R392 [医学免疫学]; Q939.91 [免疫学];
学科分类号
100102 ;
摘要
In Brazil, Brazilian spotted fever was once considered the only tick-borne rickettsial disease. We report eschar-associated rickettsial disease that occurred after a tick bite. The etiologic agent is most related to Rickettsia parkeri, R. africae, and R. sibirica and probably widely distributed from Sao Paulo to Bahia in the Atlantic Forest.
引用
收藏
页码:275 / 278
页数:4
相关论文
共 16 条
  • [1] Brazilian spotted fever: A case series from an endemic area in southeastern Brazil - Clinical aspects
    Angerami, Rodrigo N.
    Resende, Mariangela R.
    Feltrin, Adriana F. C.
    Katz, Gizelda
    Nascimento, Elvira M.
    Stucchi, Raquel S. B.
    Silva, Luiz J.
    [J]. CENTURY OF RICKETTSIOLOGY: EMERGING, REEMERGING RICKETTSIOSES, MOLECULAR DIAGNOSTICS, AND EMERGING VETERINARY RICKETTSIOSES, 2006, 1078 : 252 - 254
  • [2] Case Report: A Patient from Argentina Infected with Rickettsia massiliae
    Carlos Garcia-Garcia, Juan
    Portillo, Aranzazu
    Nunez, Manuel J.
    Santibanez, Sonia
    Castro, Begona
    Oteo, Jose A.
    [J]. AMERICAN JOURNAL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE AND HYGIENE, 2010, 82 (04) : 691 - 692
  • [3] COSTA PSG, 2004, REV BRAS PARASITOL S, V13, P360
  • [4] The Expanding Spectrum of Eschar-Associated Rickettsioses in the United States
    Cragun, W. Chad
    Bartlett, Brenda L.
    Ellis, Michael W.
    Hoover, Aaron Z.
    Tyring, Stephen K.
    Mendoza, Natalia
    Vento, Todd J.
    Nicholson, William L.
    Eremeeva, Marina E.
    Olano, Juan P.
    Rapini, Ronald P.
    Paddock, Christopher D.
    [J]. ARCHIVES OF DERMATOLOGY, 2010, 146 (06) : 641 - 648
  • [5] De Lemos ERS, 2001, AM J TROP MED HYG, V65, P329
  • [6] GENOMIC AND PROTEINIC CHARACTERIZATION OF STRAIN-S, A RICKETTSIA ISOLATED FROM RHIPICEPHALUS-SANGUINEUS TICKS IN ARMENIA
    EREMEEVA, M
    BALAYEVA, N
    ROUX, V
    IGNATOVICH, V
    KOTSINJAN, M
    RAOULT, D
    [J]. JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY, 1995, 33 (10) : 2738 - 2744
  • [7] Isolation and identification of Rickettsia massiliae from Rhipicephalus sanguineus ticks collected in Arizona
    Eremeeva, Marina E.
    Bosserman, Elizabeth A.
    Demma, Linda J.
    Zambrano, Maria L.
    Blau, Dianna M.
    Dasch, Gregory A.
    [J]. APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY, 2006, 72 (08) : 5569 - 5577
  • [8] African tick bite fever in travelers to rural sub-equatorial Africa
    Jensenius, M
    Fournier, PE
    Vene, S
    Hoel, T
    Hasle, G
    Henriksen, AZ
    Hellum, KB
    Raoult, D
    Myrvang, B
    [J]. CLINICAL INFECTIOUS DISEASES, 2003, 36 (11) : 1411 - 1417
  • [9] Ecology of Rickettsia in South America
    Labruna, Marcelo B.
    [J]. RICKETTSIOLOGY AND RICKETTSIAL DISEASES, 2009, 1166 : 156 - 166
  • [10] Milanesi M.L., 1979, REV MED BAHIA, V25, P330