Severe Rickettsia typhi Infections, Costa Rica

Murine typhus is a febrile, fleaborne disease caused by infection with Rickettsia typhi bacteria. Cases can range from mild and nonspecific to fatal. We report 2 cases of murine typhus in Costa Rica, confirming the presence and circulation of R. typhi causing severe disease in the country.

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Autores principales: Chinchilla, Diana, Sánchez, Inés, Chung, Ida, Gleaton, Arlyn N., Kato, Cecilia Y.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2023
Materias:
Research Letter
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10617344/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37877575
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2911.221561
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author Chinchilla, Diana
Sánchez, Inés
Chung, Ida
Gleaton, Arlyn N.
Kato, Cecilia Y.
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description Murine typhus is a febrile, fleaborne disease caused by infection with Rickettsia typhi bacteria. Cases can range from mild and nonspecific to fatal. We report 2 cases of murine typhus in Costa Rica, confirming the presence and circulation of R. typhi causing severe disease in the country.
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spelling pubmed-106173442023-11-01 Severe Rickettsia typhi Infections, Costa Rica Chinchilla, Diana Sánchez, Inés Chung, Ida Gleaton, Arlyn N. Kato, Cecilia Y. Emerg Infect Dis Research Letter Murine typhus is a febrile, fleaborne disease caused by infection with Rickettsia typhi bacteria. Cases can range from mild and nonspecific to fatal. We report 2 cases of murine typhus in Costa Rica, confirming the presence and circulation of R. typhi causing severe disease in the country. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2023-11 /pmc/articles/PMC10617344/ /pubmed/37877575 http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2911.221561 Text en https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Emerging Infectious Diseases is a publication of the U.S. Government. This publication is in the public domain and is therefore without copyright. All text from this work may be reprinted freely. Use of these materials should be properly cited.
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Chinchilla, Diana
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Chung, Ida
Gleaton, Arlyn N.
Kato, Cecilia Y.
Severe Rickettsia typhi Infections, Costa Rica
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title_full Severe Rickettsia typhi Infections, Costa Rica
title_fullStr Severe Rickettsia typhi Infections, Costa Rica
title_full_unstemmed Severe Rickettsia typhi Infections, Costa Rica
title_short Severe Rickettsia typhi Infections, Costa Rica
title_sort severe rickettsia typhi infections, costa rica
topic Research Letter
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10617344/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37877575
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2911.221561
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