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Cutaneous Manifestations of Spotted Fever Rickettsial Infections in the Central Province of Sri Lanka: A Descriptive Study

BACKGROUND: Characteristic skin lesions play a key role in clinical diagnosis of spotted fever group rickettsioses and this study describes these cutaneous manifestations along with basic histological features. METHODS AND FINDINGS: Study was conducted at Medical Unit, Teaching Hospital, Peradeniya,...

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Autores principales:	Weerakoon, Kosala, Kularatne, Senanayake A. M., Rajapakse, Jayanthe, Adikari, Sanjaya, Waduge, Roshitha
Formato:	Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:	English
Publicado:	Public Library of Science 2014
Materias:	Research Article
Acceso en línea:	https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4169373/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25232837 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0003179

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