Epidemiology of capybara-associated Brazilian spotted fever.

• Main Authors: Hermes R Luz (Author), Francisco B Costa (Author), Hector R Benatti (Author), Vanessa N Ramos (Author), Maria Carolina de A Serpa (Author), Thiago F Martins (Author), Igor C L Acosta (Author), Diego G Ramirez (Author), Sebastián Muñoz-Leal (Author), Alejandro Ramirez-Hernandez (Author), Lina C Binder (Author), Marcio Port Carvalho (Author), Vlamir Rocha (Author), Thiago C Dias (Author), Camila L Simeoni (Author), José Brites-Neto (Author), Jardel Brasil (Author), Ana Maria Nievas (Author), Patricia Ferreira Monticelli (Author), Maria Estela G Moro (Author), Beatriz Lopes (Author), Daniel M Aguiar (Author), Richard C Pacheco (Author), Celso Eduardo Souza (Author), Ubiratan Piovezan (Author), Raquel Juliano (Author), Katia Maria P M B Ferraz (Author), Matias P J Szabó (Author), Marcelo B Labruna (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2019-09-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
• Online Access: Connect to this object online.

BACKGROUND:Brazilian spotted fever (BSF), caused by the bacterium Rickettsia rickettsii, has been associated with the transmission by the tick Amblyomma sculptum, and one of its main hosts, the capybara (Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris). METHODS:During 2015-2019, we captured capybaras and ticks in seven h...