Human Parasitism by Amblyomma parkeri Ticks Infected with Candidatus Rickettsia paranaensis, Brazil

• DOI: 10.3201/eid2512.190988
• Publication Date: 2019-11-06T16:38:26Z
• Authors: Ana Beatriz P. Bo...; Karla Bitencourth; Stefan V. de Oliv...; Marinete Amorim; Gilberto S. Gazêta
• Keywords: Candidatus Rickettsia paranaensis; R; Rickettsia Infections; Infectious and parasitic diseases; RC109-216; Spotted Fever Group Rickettsiosis; human parasitism; ticks; Tick Infestations; 3. Good health; 03 medical and health sciences; Ticks; 0302 clinical medicine; tick-borne infections; Research Letter; Medicine; Animals; Humans; Rickettsia; Amblyomma parkeri; Brazil; Phylogeny; spotted fever

Spotted fever is the main rickettsial disease in Brazil. We report 12 cases of human parasitism by Amblyomma parkeri in the Atlantic rainforest, an area of Brazil to which spotted fever is endemic. Nine of the ticks were infected with Candidatus Rickettsia paranaensis.