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Volume 17, Number 5—May 2011
Research

Experimental Infection of Amblyomma aureolatum Ticks with Rickettsia rickettsii

Marcelo B. LabrunaComments to Author , Maria Ogrzewalska, João F. Soares, Thiago F. Martins, Herbert S. Soares, Jonas Moraes-Filho, Fernanda A. Nieri-Bastos, Aliny P. Almeida, and Adriano Pinter
Author affiliations: Author affiliations: University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil (M.B. Labruna, M. Ogrzewalska, J.F. Soares, T.F. Martins, H.S. Soares, J. Moraes-Filho, F.A. Nieri-Bastos, A.P. Almeida); Superintendency of Control of Endemic Diseases, São Paulo (A. Pinter)

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Table A1

Reproductive data of Amblyomma aureolatum engorged female ticks infected by Rickettsia rickettsii (infected group) and noninfected (control group) through 3 consecutive generations in the laboratory*

Tick generation Engorged weight, mg
 Egg mass weight, mg
 % Egg hatching
 CEI
Infected Control Infected Control Infected Control Infected Control
F1 849.0 ± 218.5
(375.2–1,220.9) 968.2 ± 258.8
(509.0–1,517.3) 278.0 ± 129.3
(60.2–466.2) 430.1 ± 185.6†
(152.1–703.0) 29.3 ± 27.7
(0–90) 13.5 ± 9.1
(1–40) 34.7 ± 13.4
(5.9–51.2) 43.9 ± 12.9
(22.0–61.0)
F2 740.0 ± 203.9
(332.5–1,034.2) 474.6 ± 197.9†
(198.0–856.4) 141.0 ± 113.0
(23.1–338.9) 221.3 ± 94.9
(60.7–314.0) 71.0 ± 37.2
(0–100) 74.3 ± 27.7
(30–100) 21.0 ± 16.5
(5.2–50.2) 43.5 ± 7.2†
(30.6–51.8)
F3
 615.8 ± 138.2
(410.0–790.0)
 1045.3 ± 118.5†
(890.0–1,213.0)
337.5 ± 138.3
(189.0–487.0)
 413.6 ± 241.6
(122.0–740.0)
62.0 ± 27.1
(20–100)
 47.0 ± 39.6
(1–95)
52.3 ± 6.5
(44.1–61.6)
 37.8 ± 20.5
(13.3–61.0)
Total 766.5 ± 219.4
(332.5–1,220.9) 833.6 ± 323.3
(198.0–1,517.3) 260.4 ± 138.6
(23.1–487.0) 370.1 ± 203.2†
(60.7–740.0) 46.2 ± 35.4
(0–100) 37.6 ± 35.8
(1–100) 35.6 ± 16.8
(5.2–61.6) 42.4 ± 14.1
(13.3–61.0)

*Values are mean ± standard error (range). CEI, conversion efficiency index = egg mass weight/female engorged weight × 100.
†Significantly different (p<0.05) values between infected and control groups for each tick biologic parameter.

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