Mediterranean spotted fever: clinical and laboratory characteristics of 415 Sicilian children

BACKGROUND: Mediterranean spotted fever (MSF) is an acute febrile, zoonotic disease caused by Rickettsia conorii and transmitted to humans by the brown dogtick Rhipicephalus sanguineus. Nearly four hundred cases are reported every year (mainly from June to September) on the Italian island of Sicily....

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Autores principales: Colomba, Claudia, Saporito, Laura, Polara, Valentina Frasca, Rubino, Raffaella, Titone, Lucina
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2006
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1435909/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16553943
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2334-6-60

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1435909/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16553943
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2334-6-60

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