Bartonella quintana and Typhus Group Rickettsiae Exposure among Homeless Persons, Bogotá, Colombia

In 2015, we investigated Bartonella quintana and typhus group rickettsiae in body lice from homeless persons in Bogotá, Colombia. We found B. quintana–infected body lice and seroprevalence of this microorganism in 19% of homeless persons and typhus group rickettsiae in 56%. Public health professiona...

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Autores principales: Faccini-Martínez, Álvaro A., Márquez, Andrea C., Bravo-Estupiñan, Diana M., Calixto, Omar-Javier, López-Castillo, Christian A., Botero-García, Carlos A., Hidalgo, Marylin, Cuervo, Claudia
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5652414/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29048284
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2311.170341
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author Faccini-Martínez, Álvaro A.
Márquez, Andrea C.
Bravo-Estupiñan, Diana M.
Calixto, Omar-Javier
López-Castillo, Christian A.
Botero-García, Carlos A.
Hidalgo, Marylin
Cuervo, Claudia
author_facet Faccini-Martínez, Álvaro A.
Márquez, Andrea C.
Bravo-Estupiñan, Diana M.
Calixto, Omar-Javier
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description In 2015, we investigated Bartonella quintana and typhus group rickettsiae in body lice from homeless persons in Bogotá, Colombia. We found B. quintana–infected body lice and seroprevalence of this microorganism in 19% of homeless persons and typhus group rickettsiae in 56%. Public health professionals should start preemptive measures and active vector control.
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spelling pubmed-56524142017-11-01 Bartonella quintana and Typhus Group Rickettsiae Exposure among Homeless Persons, Bogotá, Colombia Faccini-Martínez, Álvaro A. Márquez, Andrea C. Bravo-Estupiñan, Diana M. Calixto, Omar-Javier López-Castillo, Christian A. Botero-García, Carlos A. Hidalgo, Marylin Cuervo, Claudia Emerg Infect Dis Dispatch In 2015, we investigated Bartonella quintana and typhus group rickettsiae in body lice from homeless persons in Bogotá, Colombia. We found B. quintana–infected body lice and seroprevalence of this microorganism in 19% of homeless persons and typhus group rickettsiae in 56%. Public health professionals should start preemptive measures and active vector control. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2017-11 /pmc/articles/PMC5652414/ /pubmed/29048284 http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2311.170341 Text en https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This 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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Faccini-Martínez, Álvaro A.
Márquez, Andrea C.
Bravo-Estupiñan, Diana M.
Calixto, Omar-Javier
López-Castillo, Christian A.
Botero-García, Carlos A.
Hidalgo, Marylin
Cuervo, Claudia
Bartonella quintana and Typhus Group Rickettsiae Exposure among Homeless Persons, Bogotá, Colombia
title Bartonella quintana and Typhus Group Rickettsiae Exposure among Homeless Persons, Bogotá, Colombia
title_full Bartonella quintana and Typhus Group Rickettsiae Exposure among Homeless Persons, Bogotá, Colombia
title_fullStr Bartonella quintana and Typhus Group Rickettsiae Exposure among Homeless Persons, Bogotá, Colombia
title_full_unstemmed Bartonella quintana and Typhus Group Rickettsiae Exposure among Homeless Persons, Bogotá, Colombia
title_short Bartonella quintana and Typhus Group Rickettsiae Exposure among Homeless Persons, Bogotá, Colombia
title_sort bartonella quintana and typhus group rickettsiae exposure among homeless persons, bogotá, colombia
topic Dispatch
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5652414/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29048284
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2311.170341
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