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Doctoral Thesis
DOI
https://doi.org/10.11606/T.10.2007.tde-14052007-144343
Document
Author
Full name
Adriano Pinter dos Santos
Institute/School/College
Knowledge Area
Date of Defense
Published
São Paulo, 2007
Supervisor
Committee
Labruna, Marcelo Bahia (President)
Ferreira, Fernando
Silveira, Luis Fábio
Soares, Rodrigo Martins
Szabo, Matias Pablo Juan
Title in Portuguese
Aspectos ecológicos da febre maculosa brasileira em um foco endêmico no Estado de São Paulo
Keywords in Portuguese
Amblyomma aureolatum
Pyriglena leucoptera
Febre Maculosa
Mogi das Cruzes (SP)
Abstract in Portuguese
Foi conduzido um estudo sobre a ecologia da Febre Maculosa Brasileira, causada pela bactéria Rickettsia rickettsii, em uma área endêmica, no distrito de Taiaçupeba, Município de Mogi das Cruzes, SP. Para o melhor entendimento de quais animais silvestres são os hospedeiros das formas imaturas do carrapato vetor, Amblyomma aureolatum, foram capturados entre janeiro e dezembro de 2005, 243 animais silvestres em dois fragmentos de mata. Foram utilizadas estações de pitfall para captura de roedores e pequenos didelfídeos e armadilhas tomahawk para captura de Didelphis aurita, além da colocação de redes de neblina (14m x 3m cada) para captura de aves. Os animais foram sacrificados e tiveram sangue, baço e fígado extraídos. O baço de cada animal foi submetido a testes moleculares e bioensaios para pesquisa de bactérias do gênero Rickettsia. Os carrapatos capturados dos animais foram submetidos à identificação taxonômica morfológica ou molecular e à pesquisa de bactérias do gênero Rickettsia. Foram colhidos carrapatos dos gêneros Amblyomma, Haemaphysalis e Ixodes. Imaturos do carrapato Amblyomma aureolatum foram colhidos parasitando três indivíduos da espécie de Passeriforme Pyriglena leucoptera. Não foram encontrados exemplares desta espécie de carrapato parasitando roedores ou didelfídeos. Nenhum animal foi identificado sendo infectado por riquétsias, enquanto que três espécies de riquétsias, sendo duas do grupo da febre maculosa, foram identificadas infectando carrapatos das espécies Amblyomma longirostre, Ixodes aragaoi e Ixodes loricatus. Nenhum carrapato foi encontrado naturalmente infectado com a bactéria R. rickettsii. O estudo mostrou detalhes do ciclo de vida do carrapato A. aureolatum que podem auxiliar o entendimento do ciclo enzoótico da febre maculosa brasileira.
Title in English
Ecological aspects of Brazilian Spotted Fever in an endemic area in the State of São Paulo
Keywords in English
Amblyomma aureolatum
Pyriglena leucoptera
Mogi das Cruzes (SP)
Spotted Fever
Abstract in English
Brazilian Spotted Fever (BSF) is a tick-borne-disease caused by the bacterium Rickettsia rickettsii. An ecological study was conducted in a BSF-endemic area in Taiaçupeba County, Mogi das Cruzes Municipality, State of São Paulo. With the purpose to determine natural hosts of the immature stages of the tick vector Amblyomma aureolatum, a total of 243 wild animals were captured in two fragments of Atlantic Forests between January and December of 2005. Pitfall trap stations were used for capture of rodents and small didelphids while tomahawk traps were used for Didelphis aurita capture. Mist nets (14m x 3m each) were used for bird capture. Captured animals were scarified and blood, spleen and liver were extracted. Spleen samples were submitted to molecular and bioassay tests for rickettsia research. Captured ticks were submitted to morphological or molecular taxonomic identification and to rickettsia research. Ticks from the genera Amblyomma, Haemaphysalis and Ixodes were collected. Immature tick stages of A. Aureolatum were collected on three individuals of the bird species Pyriglena leucoptera, but no other A. Aureolatum tick was found infesting neither rodents or didelphids. No animal was found infected by rickettsiae whereas three rickettsiae, two of them belonging to Spotted Fever Group, were found infecting the ticks Amblyomma longirostre, Ixodes aragaoi and Ixodes loricatus. No tick was found infected by R. Rickettsii, the agent of BSF. The present study revealed details about the A. Aureolatum life cycle in natural conditions, contributing for a better understanding about the enzootic cycle of BSF.
 
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2007-05-29
 
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