Experimental infection of wild boars (Sus scrofa) with Rickettsia rickettsii and evaluation of the transmission potential to Amblyomma sculptum ticks

Abstract Background Brazilian spotted fever is a tick-borne disease caused by the bacterium Rickettsia rickettsii, whose main vector in Brazil is the tick Amblyomma sculptum. Amplifying hosts are essential for the perpetuation of this bacterium in the tick population as they can be sources of infect...

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Hauptverfasser:	Lucianne Cardoso Neves, Lina de Campos Binder, Warley Vieira de Freitas Paula, Nicolas Jalowitzki de Lima, Ennya Rafaella Neves Cardoso, Rayane Almeida Santos, Raphaela Bueno Mendes Bittencourt, Gracielle Teles Pádua, Gabriel Cândido dos Santos, Mariana Avelar Tavares, Maria Carolina de Azevedo Serpa, Adriano Pinter, Artur Luiz de Almeida Felicio, Marcelo B. Labruna, Felipe da Silva Krawczak
Format:	Artigo
Sprache:	Inglês
Veröffentlicht:	BMC 2025-01-01
Schriftenreihe:	Parasites & Vectors
Schlagworte:	Tick-borne diseases Brazilian spotted fever Suidae Amblyomma sculptum
Online-Zugang:	https://doi.org/10.1186/s13071-024-06612-y
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