Report of Amblyomma sculptum in a House in a Rickettsia rickettsii Circulation Area
Report of Amblyomma sculptum in a House in a Rickettsia rickettsii Circulation Area
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DOI：
10.1089/vbz.2020.2735
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发表时间：
2021-03-10
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2.1
通讯作者：
Silveira, Julia Angelica Goncalves da
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Alkmim, Matheus Araujo de;Ferreira, Lorena Lopes;Silveira, Julia Angelica Goncalves da
雕刻钝眼蜱是一种具有医学和兽医重要性的蜱，因为在巴西，它是影响人类的疾病立克次体的主要媒介。在巴西大西洋森林地区城市周边地区的一个住宅外以及生活在那里的两只狗身上观察到蜱虫的存在。十八A。结果表明，在狗身上只发现红扇头蜱（Rhipicephalus sanguineus lato），推测狗在林区活动时可能携带了红扇头蜱。雕塑家的住所。这种情况突出了狗作为巴西斑点热（BSF）蜱媒进入人类居住区的可能携带者的作用。BSF的预防和控制策略应考虑蜱感染R.立克次氏体可在城市周边地区的人类住所中滋生。
Amblyomma sculptum is a tick that has medical and veterinary importance as, in Brazil, it is the main vector of Rickettsia rickettsii, a disease affecting humans. The presence of ticks was observed outside a residence in a peri-urban area of the Atlantic Forest region in Brazil, as well as on two dogs that lived there. Eighteen A. sculptum adults were seen walking on a cemented pillar at the porch of the house and sheltering inside the pillar's crevices; meanwhile on the dogs, only Rhipicephalus sanguineus sensu lato ticks were found. It is hypothesized that as the dogs circulated in the forest regions, they might have carried A. sculptum to the residence. This situation highlights the role of dogs as possible carriers of Brazilian spotted fever (BSF) tick vectors into human habitation. Strategies for the prevention and control of BSF should consider the hypothesis that ticks infected with R. rickettsii can be harbored in human dwellings in peri-urban areas.