Human Monocytic Ehrlichiosis, Mexico City, Mexico

Little information is available about human infections by the members of the genus Ehrlichia in Mexico. Only 2 species, Ehrlichia canis and E. chaffensis, are known to cause disease in this country. We report a fatal case of human monocytic ehrlichiosis in Mexico City in a man who was homeless.

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Autores principales: Alcántara-Rodríguez, Virginia E., Sánchez-Montes, Sokani, Contreras, Hugo, Colunga-Salas, Pablo, Fierro-Flores, Lauro, Avalos, Sergio, Rodríguez-Rangel, Francisco, Becker, Ingeborg, Walker, David H.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7706933/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33219798
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2612.200520
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author Alcántara-Rodríguez, Virginia E.
Sánchez-Montes, Sokani
Contreras, Hugo
Colunga-Salas, Pablo
Fierro-Flores, Lauro
Avalos, Sergio
Rodríguez-Rangel, Francisco
Becker, Ingeborg
Walker, David H.
author_facet Alcántara-Rodríguez, Virginia E.
Sánchez-Montes, Sokani
Contreras, Hugo
Colunga-Salas, Pablo
Fierro-Flores, Lauro
Avalos, Sergio
Rodríguez-Rangel, Francisco
Becker, Ingeborg
Walker, David H.
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description Little information is available about human infections by the members of the genus Ehrlichia in Mexico. Only 2 species, Ehrlichia canis and E. chaffensis, are known to cause disease in this country. We report a fatal case of human monocytic ehrlichiosis in Mexico City in a man who was homeless.
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spelling pubmed-77069332020-12-08 Human Monocytic Ehrlichiosis, Mexico City, Mexico Alcántara-Rodríguez, Virginia E. Sánchez-Montes, Sokani Contreras, Hugo Colunga-Salas, Pablo Fierro-Flores, Lauro Avalos, Sergio Rodríguez-Rangel, Francisco Becker, Ingeborg Walker, David H. Emerg Infect Dis Dispatch Little information is available about human infections by the members of the genus Ehrlichia in Mexico. Only 2 species, Ehrlichia canis and E. chaffensis, are known to cause disease in this country. We report a fatal case of human monocytic ehrlichiosis in Mexico City in a man who was homeless. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2020-12 /pmc/articles/PMC7706933/ /pubmed/33219798 http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2612.200520 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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Rodríguez-Rangel, Francisco
Becker, Ingeborg
Walker, David H.
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title_short Human Monocytic Ehrlichiosis, Mexico City, Mexico
title_sort human monocytic ehrlichiosis, mexico city, mexico
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7706933/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33219798
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2612.200520
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