Publications

serological survey of babesia bovis, babesia bigemina, and anaplasma marginale antibodies in cattle from the semi-arid region of the state of bahia, brazil, by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assays.	the objectives of this work were to determine the prevalence of babesia bovis, babesia bigemina, and anaplasma marginale detecting antibodies in cattle raised in the semi-arid region of the state of bahia, brazil, through indirect enzyme linked immunosorbent assays (elisa) and to compare the performances of indirect enzyme-linked immunosorbent assays with crude (i-elisa-cranaag) and recombinant major surface protein-5 (i-elisa-msp-5ag), as antigens to detect antibodies against a. marginale. an s ...	2005	16302060
parasites of three commercially exploited bivalve mollusc species of the estuarine region of the cachoeira river (ilhéus, bahia, brazil).	this paper reports the parasites found in three commercially exploited bivalve molluscs (mytella guyanensis, anomalocardia brasiliana and iphigenia brasiliana) of an estuarine region of ilhéus, south of bahia, brazil (14 degrees 48'23''s; 39 degrees 02'47''w). samples of 20 individuals of each species were collected fortnightly from august 2005 to august 2006. a total of 1480 individuals was collected and processed by standard histologic techniques; the histologic sections were stained with harr ...	2010	19850046
ticks (acari: ixodidae) infesting wild birds in the atlantic forest in northeastern brazil, with notes on rickettsial infection in ticks.	a total of 232 individuals representing 46 species of birds were mist-netted and screened for ticks in a region of the atlantic forest, state of bahia, brazil. thirty-eight (16.4%) of these birds representing 17 species were found infested by immature stages of amblyomma ticks, namely, amblyomma longirostre (koch, 1844) (15 larvae and seven nymphs), amblyomma nodosum (neumann, 1899) (nine nymphs), amblyomma calcaratum (neumann, 1899) (five nymphs), amblyomma cajennense (fabricius, 1787) (seven l ...	2010	20953629
eschar-associated spotted fever rickettsiosis, bahia, brazil.	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.	2011	21291605