Rickettsia rickettsii infecting Rhipicephalus sanguineus sensu latu Latreille 1806, in high altitude Atlantic Forest fragments, Ceara State, Brazil
2017
Silva, Arannadia Barbosa | Duarte, Myrian Morato | da Costa Cavalcante, Robson | de Oliveira, Stefan Vilges | Vizzoni, Vinicius Figueiredo | de Lima Duré, Ana Íris | de Melo Iani, Felipe Campos | Machado-Ferreira, Erik | Gazêta, Gilberto Salles
In Brazil, Spotted Fever (SF) is caused by Rickettsia rickettsii and Rickettsia parkeri strain Atlantic Forest. In recent years, several human cases of a milder SF have been reported from the Maciço de Baturité region of Ceará State. Previous studies in this region found R. parkeri strain Atlantic Forest to be present in Rhipicephalus sanguineus sensu lato and Amblyomma ovale ticks. The present study isolated and identified the Rickettsia spp. present in this new endemic area in Brazil. In March 2015, R. sanguineus s.l. and A. ovale were collected in rural areas of the Maciço de Baturité region, and subjected to the isolation technique. A bacterium was isolated from one R. sanguineus s.l., which phylogenetic analysis clustered to the R. rickettsii group. In conclusion, R. rickettsii bacteria is circulating in the studied area and may in future have an impact on the clinical diagnoses and consequently cause changes in the profile of the disease in the region. In addition, we suggest the increase of epidemiological and environmental surveillance in the area, in order to prevent Brazilian Spotted Fever cases.
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