Abstract
Spotted fever is the main rickettsial disease in Brazil. We report 12 cases of human parasitism by Amblyomma parkeri in the Atlantic rainforest, an area of Brazil to which spotted fever is endemic. Nine of the ticks were infected with Candidatus Rickettsia paranaensis.
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Borsoi, A. B. P., Bitencourth, K., De Oliveira, S. V., Amorim, M., & Gazêta, G. S. (2019). Human parasitism by amblyomma parkeri ticks infected with candidatus rickettsia paranaensis, Brazil. Emerging Infectious Diseases, 25(12), 2339–2341. https://doi.org/10.3201/eid2512.190988
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