| detection of rickettsia bellii and rickettsia amblyommii in amblyomma longirostre (acari: ixodidae) from bahia state, northeast brazil. | studies investigating rickettsial infections in ticks parasitizing wild animals in the northeast region of brazil have been confined to the detection of rickettsia amblyommii in immature stages of amblyomma longirostre collected from birds in the state of bahia, and in immatures and females of amblyomma auricularium collected from the striped hog-nosed skunk (conepatus semistriatus) and armadillos (euphractus sexcinctus) in the state of pernambuco. the current study extends the distribution of r ... | 2015 | 26413074 |
| rickettsia amblyommii infecting amblyomma auricularium ticks in pernambuco, northeastern brazil: isolation, transovarial transmission, and transstadial perpetuation. | this study investigated rickettsial infection in amblyomma auricularium ticks from the state of pernambuco, northeastern brazil. an engorged female of a. auricularium collected from a skunk (conepatus semistriatus) was sent alive to the laboratory, where the female was found through molecular analysis to be infected by rickettsia amblyommii. this engorged female oviposited, and its offspring was reared through three consecutive generations, always using tick-naïve rabbits to feed the ticks. pcr ... | 2013 | 23705586 |