<i>Rickettsia parkeri</i> Strain Atlantic Rainforest in Archived <i>Amblyomma geayi</i> from Three-Toed Sloth (<i>Bradypus tridactylus</i>) in Manaus, Brazil.

ABSTRACT: In the Brazilian Amazon biome, there has been a rise in human spotted fever cases, but still significant knowledge gaps regarding the diversity and epidemiology of the tick-host-Rickettsia relationship. In the herein study, rickettsiae were investigated in ticks from captured live wild hosts in the Amazon biome by PCR targeting a partial sequence of ompB and gltA genes. All 343 ticks were morphologically identified as belonging to five species of the genus Amblyomma. Amblyomma varium (n = 24, 7%) were collected from a Rhinella marina and a Bradypus tridactylus. Amblyomma geayi (n = 51, 15%) were collected from two Bradypus tridactylus. Amblyomma goeldii (n = 116, 34%) were collected from three Tam

SUBMITTER: Moreira R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12466483 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature