TY - JOUR AU - Silva, Nanci AU - Eremeeva, Marina E. AU - Rozental, Tatiana AU - Ribeiro, Guilherme S. AU - Paddock, Christopher D. AU - Ramos, Eduardo Antonio G. AU - Favacho, Alexsandra R.M. AU - Reis, Mitermayer G. AU - Dasch, Gregory A. AU - de Lemos, Elba R.S. AU - Ko, Albert I. T1 - Eschar-associated Spotted Fever Rickettsiosis, Bahia, Brazil T2 - Emerging Infectious Disease journal PY - 2011 VL - 17 IS - 2 SP - 275 SN - 1080-6059 AB - In Brazil, Brazilian spotted fever was once considered the only tick-borne rickettsial disease. We report eschar-associated rickettsial disease that occurred after a tick bite. The etiologic agent is most related to Rickettsia parkeri, R. africae, and R. sibirica and probably widely distributed from São Paulo to Bahia in the Atlantic Forest. KW - Spotted fever group rickettsiosis KW - rickettsia KW - eschar KW - multiple-locus sequence analysis KW - ticks KW - molecular diagnosis KW - dispatch KW - Brazil DO - 10.3201/eid1702.100859 UR - https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/17/2/10-0859_article ER - End of Reference