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First report of African tick-bite fever in a South American traveler
We report a clinical case of African tick-bite fever in a Brazilian traveler right after his return from South Africa. Definitive diagnosis was supported by seroconversion between acute-phase and convalescent-phase serum samples, detection of rickettsial DNA in skin lesions, and in vitro culture of...
Autores principales: | Angerami, Rodrigo N, Krawczak, Felipe S, Nieri-Bastos, Fernanda A, Santos, Fabiana, Medorima, Claudio, Resende, Mariângela Ribeiro, Labruna, Marcelo B |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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SAGE Publications
2018
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5956635/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29796268 http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/2050313X18775301 |
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