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- Title
Rhipicephalus sanguineus (ACARI: IXODIDAE) BITING A HUMAN BEING IN PORTO ALEGRE CITY, RIO GRANDE DO SUL, BRAZIL.
- Authors
MENTZ, Márcia Bohrer; TROMBKA, Marcelo; da SILVA, Guilherme Liberato; SILVA, Carlos Eugênio
- Abstract
We report the finding of a female brown dog tick, Rhipicephalus sanguineus (Acari: Ixodidae) on the scalp of a male patient in Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. Human parasitism by this tick is rare and has seldomly been reported in the literature, despite its recognized importance since it can act as a vector of Rickettsia rickettsii, the agent of spotted fever.
- Subjects
DISEASE vectors; BROWN dog tick; ECTOPARASITES; BLOODSUCKING animals; RICKETTSIAL diseases
- Publication
Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo, 2016, Vol 58, Issue 1, p1
- ISSN
0036-4665
- Publication type
Case Study
- DOI
10.1590/S1678-9946201658035