| a rickettsia parkeri-like agent infecting amblyomma calcaratum nymphs from wild birds in mato grosso do sul, brazil. | in total, 142 birds, mostly passerines, belonging to 42 species were examined for the presence of ticks in 3 locations in mato grosso do sul brazil during 2006. seven birds (5%) were infested with 4 nymphs of amblyomma calcaratum (ramphocelus carbo, 3 infested/12 examined) and 5 larvae of amblyomma sp. (furnarius rufus, 2/5; turdus leucomelas, 1/6; and paroaria capitata, 1/8). all 4 nymphs of a. calcaratum tested by polymerase chain reaction targeting rickettsial genes glta and ompa and by ampli ... | 2013 | 23238243 |