Murine typhus in Mexico City: report of an imported case

Murine typhus is endemic in several countries. We herein report an imported case of murine typhus caused by Rickettsia typhi in Mexico City. This is the first report of a case after almost 20 years since the last report. The species was confirmed by DNA sequencing and phylogenetic reconstruction.

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Autores principales: Sánchez-Montes, Sokani, Colunga-Salas, Pablo, Fernández-Figueroa, Edith A., Medel, María Luisa Hernández, Benítez, César Rivera, Becker, Ingeborg
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Instituto de Medicina Tropical 2019
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6413773/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30864621
http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/S1678-9946201961016
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author Sánchez-Montes, Sokani
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Medel, María Luisa Hernández
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description Murine typhus is endemic in several countries. We herein report an imported case of murine typhus caused by Rickettsia typhi in Mexico City. This is the first report of a case after almost 20 years since the last report. The species was confirmed by DNA sequencing and phylogenetic reconstruction.
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spelling pubmed-64137732019-03-18 Murine typhus in Mexico City: report of an imported case Sánchez-Montes, Sokani Colunga-Salas, Pablo Fernández-Figueroa, Edith A. Medel, María Luisa Hernández Benítez, César Rivera Becker, Ingeborg Rev Inst Med Trop Sao Paulo Case Report Murine typhus is endemic in several countries. We herein report an imported case of murine typhus caused by Rickettsia typhi in Mexico City. This is the first report of a case after almost 20 years since the last report. The species was confirmed by DNA sequencing and phylogenetic reconstruction. Instituto de Medicina Tropical 2019-03-11 /pmc/articles/PMC6413773/ /pubmed/30864621 http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/S1678-9946201961016 Text en https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License, which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Sánchez-Montes, Sokani
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Becker, Ingeborg
Murine typhus in Mexico City: report of an imported case
title Murine typhus in Mexico City: report of an imported case
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title_short Murine typhus in Mexico City: report of an imported case
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