title: Survey for tick-borne zoonoses in the state of Espirito Santo, southeastern Brazil.
abstract: Blood samples collected from 201 humans, 92 dogs, and 27 horses in the state of Espirito Santo, Brazil, were tested by polymerase chain reaction, indirect immunofluorescence assays, and indirect enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay for tick-borne diseases (rickettsiosis, ehrlichiosis, anaplasmosis, borreliosis, babesiosis). Our results indicated that the surveyed counties are endemic for spotted fever group rickettsiosis because sera from 70 (34.8%) humans, 7 (7.6%) dogs, and 7 (25.9%) horses were reactive to at least one of the six Rickettsia species tested. Although there was evidence of ehrlichiosis (Ehrlichia canis) and babesiosis (Babesia canis vogeli, Theileria equi) in domestic animals, no human was positive for babesiosis and only four individuals were serologically positive for E. canis. Borrelia burgdorferi-serologic reactive sera were rare among humans and horses, but encompassed 51% of the canine samples, suggesting that dogs and their ticks can be part of the epidemiological cycle of the causative agent of the Brazilian zoonosis, named Baggio-Yoshinari Syndrome.
authors.affiliation: Laboratório de Investigação Médica 17 (LIM17), Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil. marianaspolidorio@gmail.com
authors.forename: Mariana G
authors.initials: MG
authors.lastname: Spolidorio
authors.forename: Marcelo B
authors.initials: MB
authors.lastname: Labruna
authors.forename: Rosangela Z
authors.initials: RZ
authors.lastname: Machado
authors.forename: Jonas
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Moraes-Filho
authors.forename: Augusto M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Zago
authors.forename: Dirlei M
authors.initials: DM
authors.lastname: Donatele
authors.forename: Sônia R
authors.initials: SR
authors.lastname: Pinheiro
authors.forename: Iara
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Silveira
authors.forename: Késia M
authors.initials: KM
authors.lastname: Caliari
authors.forename: Natalino H
authors.initials: NH
authors.lastname: Yoshinari
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001403:Babesia / Q000469:parasitology*; D001404:Babesiosis / Q000469:parasitology*; D001938:Brazil; D004285:Dogs; D004912:Erythrocytes / Q000469:parasitology*; D006801:Humans; D017282:Tick-Borne Diseases / Q000635:transmission*; D013987:Ticks; D015047:Zoonoses / Q000469:parasitology / Q000635:transmission*