Brazilian spotted fever: a reemergent zoonosis
Brazilian spotted fever is caused by the bacterium Rickettsia rickettsii, which is the most pathogenic species of the spotted-fever rickettsiae group and is transmitted by the bite of infected ticks. Amblyomma cajennense is the most important tick species involved in the cycle of this zoonosis in Br...
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| Language: | eng |
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2008
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| Online Access: | http://old.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1678-91992008000100002 |
| Country: | Brazil |
| Oai: | oai:scielo:S1678-91992008000100002 |