Typhus Group Rickettsiosis, Brazilian Amazon

Rickettsia rickettsii infection is the only rickettsiosis included in the list of reportable diseases in Brazil, where typhus group rickettsioses, mainly murine typhus, have been underreported. We report a case of typhus group rickettsiosis with unique ecologic particularities in a patient from the...

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Autores principales: Minervino, Antonio H.H., Labruna, Marcelo B., Dias, Salatiel R., Costa, Francisco B., Martins, Thiago F., da Silva, Phablo N.S., Faccini-Martínez, Álvaro A.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2020
Materias:
Research Letter
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7454102/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32818424
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2609.201305
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Sumario:Rickettsia rickettsii infection is the only rickettsiosis included in the list of reportable diseases in Brazil, where typhus group rickettsioses, mainly murine typhus, have been underreported. We report a case of typhus group rickettsiosis with unique ecologic particularities in a patient from the Brazilian Amazon, where, to our knowledge, rickettsioses have not been reported.

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