title: Detection of Rickettsia bellii and Rickettsia amblyommii in Amblyomma longirostre (Acari: Ixodidae) from Bahia state, Northeast Brazil.
abstract: Studies investigating rickettsial infections in ticks parasitizing wild animals in the Northeast region of Brazil have been confined to the detection of Rickettsia amblyommii in immature stages of Amblyomma longirostre collected from birds in the state of Bahia, and in immatures and females of Amblyomma auricularium collected from the striped hog-nosed skunk (Conepatus semistriatus) and armadillos (Euphractus sexcinctus) in the state of Pernambuco. The current study extends the distribution of R. amblyommii (strain Aranha), which was detected in A. longirostre collected from the thin-spined porcupine Chaetomys subspinosus and the hairy dwarf porcupine Coendou insidiosus. In addition, we report the first detection of Rickettsia bellii in adults of A. longirostre collected from C. insidiosus in the state of Bahia.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Parasitologia Animal, Universidade Federal Rural do Rio de Janeiro, Seropédica, RJ, Brazil .
authors.forename: Douglas
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: McIntosh
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Estadual de Santa Cruz, Ilhéus, BA, Brazil .
authors.forename: Rodrigo Alves
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Bezerra
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Parasitologia Animal, Universidade Federal Rural do Rio de Janeiro, Seropédica, RJ, Brazil .
authors.forename: Hermes Ribeiro
authors.initials: HR
authors.lastname: Luz
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Parasitologia Animal, Universidade Federal Rural do Rio de Janeiro, Seropédica, RJ, Brazil .
authors.forename: João Luiz Horacio
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Faccini
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Estadual de Santa Cruz, Ilhéus, BA, Brazil .
authors.forename: Fernanda Amato
authors.initials: FA
authors.lastname: Gaiotto
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Estadual de Santa Cruz, Ilhéus, BA, Brazil .
authors.forename: Gastón Andrés Fernandez
authors.initials: GA
authors.lastname: Giné
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Ciências Agrárias e Ambientais, Universidade Estadual de Santa Cruz, Ilhéus, BA, Brazil .
authors.forename: George Rego
authors.initials: GR
authors.lastname: Albuquerque
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000835:Animals, Wild; D001135:Armadillos; D001425:Bacterial Outer Membrane Proteins / Q000235:genetics; D001426:Bacterial Proteins / Q000235:genetics; D001483:Base Sequence; D001717:Birds; D001938:Brazil; D002950:Citrate (si)-Synthase / Q000235:genetics; D004269:DNA, Bacterial; D006360:Heat-Shock Proteins / Q000235:genetics; D026863:Ixodidae / Q000382:microbiology*; D012889:Mephitidae; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D058889:Molecular Typing; D033903:Periplasmic Proteins / Q000235:genetics; D046328:Porcupines; D012281:Rickettsia / Q000235:genetics* / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D012282:Rickettsia Infections / Q000382:microbiology*; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D012697:Serine Endopeptidases / Q000235:genetics; D013984:Tick Infestations / Q000382:microbiology*
chemical_list: D001425:Bacterial Outer Membrane Proteins; D001426:Bacterial Proteins; D004269:DNA, Bacterial; D006360:Heat-Shock Proteins; D033903:Periplasmic Proteins; C078167:OMPA outer membrane proteins; D002950:Citrate (si)-Synthase; C061682:DegP protease; D012697:Serine Endopeptidases
keywords: Bahia; Brazil; Rickettsia amblyommii; Rickettsia bellii; porcupine