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Needlestick-Associated Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever, Brazil
We report a fatal case of Rocky Mountain spotted fever (RMSF) in a man in Brazil without recent history of tick bites or environmental exposure. He received an accidental needlestick while working as a nurse. The nurse and his patient died. Both cases were confirmed as RMSF by molecular methods.
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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
2020
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| Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7101093/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32187008 http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2604.191251 |
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| author | Vilges de Oliveira, Stefan Faccini-Martínez, Álvaro A. Adelino, Talita Emile Ribeiro de Lima Duré, Ana Íris Barbieri, Amalia R.M. Labruna, Marcelo B. |
| author_facet | Vilges de Oliveira, Stefan Faccini-Martínez, Álvaro A. Adelino, Talita Emile Ribeiro de Lima Duré, Ana Íris Barbieri, Amalia R.M. Labruna, Marcelo B. |
| author_sort | Vilges de Oliveira, Stefan |
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| description | We report a fatal case of Rocky Mountain spotted fever (RMSF) in a man in Brazil without recent history of tick bites or environmental exposure. He received an accidental needlestick while working as a nurse. The nurse and his patient died. Both cases were confirmed as RMSF by molecular methods. |
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| language | English |
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| publisher | Centers for Disease Control and Prevention |
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| spelling | pubmed-71010932020-04-03 Needlestick-Associated Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever, Brazil Vilges de Oliveira, Stefan Faccini-Martínez, Álvaro A. Adelino, Talita Emile Ribeiro de Lima Duré, Ana Íris Barbieri, Amalia R.M. Labruna, Marcelo B. Emerg Infect Dis Research Letter We report a fatal case of Rocky Mountain spotted fever (RMSF) in a man in Brazil without recent history of tick bites or environmental exposure. He received an accidental needlestick while working as a nurse. The nurse and his patient died. Both cases were confirmed as RMSF by molecular methods. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2020-04 /pmc/articles/PMC7101093/ /pubmed/32187008 http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2604.191251 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. |
| spellingShingle | Research Letter Vilges de Oliveira, Stefan Faccini-Martínez, Álvaro A. Adelino, Talita Emile Ribeiro de Lima Duré, Ana Íris Barbieri, Amalia R.M. Labruna, Marcelo B. Needlestick-Associated Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever, Brazil |
| title | Needlestick-Associated Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever, Brazil |
| title_full | Needlestick-Associated Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever, Brazil |
| title_fullStr | Needlestick-Associated Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever, Brazil |
| title_full_unstemmed | Needlestick-Associated Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever, Brazil |
| title_short | Needlestick-Associated Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever, Brazil |
| title_sort | needlestick-associated rocky mountain spotted fever, brazil |
| topic | Research Letter |
| url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7101093/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32187008 http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2604.191251 |
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