Rickettsia felis in Ctenocephalides spp. Fleas, Brazil

In June 2000, suspected cases of Brazilian spotted fever (BSF) occurred in Coronel Fabriciano Municipality, Minas Gerais State, Brazil. Pooled fleas collected near two fatal cases contained rickettsial DNA. The nucleotide sequence alignment of the 391-bp segment of the 17-kDa protein gene showed tha...

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Autores principales: Oliveira, Riva P., Galvão, Márcio A.M., Mafra, Claudio L., Chamone, Chequer B., Calic, Simone B., Silva, Sergio U., Walker, David H.
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2002
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Dispatch
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2732462/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11927031
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid0803.010301
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Sumario:In June 2000, suspected cases of Brazilian spotted fever (BSF) occurred in Coronel Fabriciano Municipality, Minas Gerais State, Brazil. Pooled fleas collected near two fatal cases contained rickettsial DNA. The nucleotide sequence alignment of the 391-bp segment of the 17-kDa protein gene showed that the products were identical to each other and to the R. felis 17-kDa gene, confirming circulation of R. felis in Brazil.

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