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Rickettsial Infections Causing Acute Febrile Illness in Urban Slums, Brazil

We conducted enhanced acute febrile illness surveillance in an urban slum community in Salvador, Brazil. We found that rickettsial infection accounted for 3.5% of urgent care visits for acute fever. Our results suggest that rickettsiae might be an underrecognized, treatable cause of acute febrile il...

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Autores principales: Fournier, John B., Blanton, Lucas S., Nery, Nivison, Wunder, Elsio A., Costa, Federico, Reis, Mitermayer G., Ribeiro, Guilherme S., Walker, David H., Ko, Albert I.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9514363/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36148970
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2810.220497