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Volume 20, Number 9—September 2014

Research

Feeding Period Required by Amblyomma aureolatum Ticks for Transmission of Rickettsia rickettsii to Vertebrate Hosts

Danilo G. Saraiva, Herbert S. Soares, João Fábio Soares, and Marcelo B. LabrunaComments to Author 
Author affiliations: University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil (D.G. Saraiva, H.S. Soares, J.F. Soares, M.B. Labruna); Bicho do Mato Research Institute, Belo Horizonte, Brazil (D.G. Saraiva)

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Figure 1

An adult male Amblyomma aureolatum tick attached to the hand of a person who became infested while in direct contact with a naturally infested dog in the metropolitan area of São Paulo, Brazil.

Figure 1. An adult male Amblyomma aureolatum tick attached to the hand of a person who became infested while in direct contact with a naturally infested dog in the metropolitan area of São Paulo, Brazil.

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