Emerg Infect Dis. 2019 Dec;25(12):2339-2341. doi: 10.3201/eid2512.190988.
Spotted fever is the main rickettsial disease in Brazil. We report 12 cases of human parasitism by Amblyomma parkeri in the Atlantic rainforest, an area of Brazil to which spotted fever is endemic. Nine of the ticks were infected with Candidatus Rickettsia paranaensis.
斑点热是巴西主要的立克次体病。我们报告了 12 例在大西洋雨林中被帕克氏钝缘蜱寄生的人体寄生虫病病例,该地区为斑点热流行区。其中 9 只蜱虫感染了巴塔哥尼亚候选立克次体。