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Isolation of Rickettsia rickettsii in Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever Outbreak, Panama

We report new cases of Rocky Mountain spotted fever in patients from Kinkantu, Ngäbe-Bugle indigenous comarca, Panama. We isolated Rickettsia rickettsii in cell culture after intraperitoneal inoculation of guinea pigs with tissues from a deceased patient. Our results indicate that Rocky Mountain spo...

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Autores principales: Zaldívar, Yamitzel, Hernández, Michelle, Domínguez, Lillian, Saénz, Lisseth, Montilla, Santiago, de Antinori, Maria E. Barnett, Krawczak, Felipe S., Bermúdez, Sergio
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8007289/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33755006
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2704.201606