2019
DOI: 10.1590/s1984-29612019092
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Abstract: Rickettsia spp. bacteria are responsible for tick-borne diseases worldwide, mostly maintained by rickettsial amplifiers capybaras in Brazilian endemic areas. The campus of the University of São Paulo, in southeastern Brazil, is an area endemic for Brazilian spotted fever (BSF), with high density of capybaras and Amblyomma spp., along with confirmed human cases. Besides capybaras, the university has also an in-campus high population of sheltered and free-roaming cats. Accordingly, the aim of this study was to d… Show more

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“…To obtain samples from the freeroaming population, traps were distributed in several on-campus locations during a fourmonth trapping period. After trapping and/or physical restraint, blood samples from 35/51 shelter cats (68.6%) and 16/250 free-roaming cats (6.4%) were successfully collected by means of jugular puncture, as previously described (Mendes et al, 2019).…”
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confidence: 99%
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“…To obtain samples from the freeroaming population, traps were distributed in several on-campus locations during a fourmonth trapping period. After trapping and/or physical restraint, blood samples from 35/51 shelter cats (68.6%) and 16/250 free-roaming cats (6.4%) were successfully collected by means of jugular puncture, as previously described (Mendes et al, 2019).…”
Section: Methodsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…A previous study suggested that unowned cats on the University of São Paulo campus could be environmental sentinels for human exposure to Rickettsia spp., the causative agent of Brazilian spotted fever (BSF) (Mendes et al, 2019). Despite the urban location of this University of São Paulo campus, it is composed of extensive green areas and hosts experimental farms on which projects involving all the major animal species of Brazilian economic interest, such as dairy and beef cattle, pigs, sheep, goats, horses and poultry, are conducted (Escola Superior de Agricultura "Luiz de Queiroz" [ESALQ], 2019).…”
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“…Sendo considerada a principal enfermidade transmitida por carrapatos no Brasil, especialmente da família Ixodidae, gênero Amblyomma spp., que exercem o papel de vetores e reservatórios da doença, pelo fato de permitirem a transmissão vertical da bactéria pelas vias transovariana, transestadial e interestadial (4,5,6).…”
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“…Manifesta-se com aparecimento abrupto de febre, exantema maculopapular, cefaleia, mialgia, hiperemia conjuntival, vômitos, diarreia, sinais neurológicos e dor abdominal, com elevada taxa de letalidade humana. O ser humano desempenha papel de hospedeiro acidental na cadeia epidemiológica da doença (6,11).…”
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