Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever, Panama

Estripeaut, Dora; Aramburú, María Gabriela; Sáez-Llorens, Xavier; Thompson, Herbert A.; Dasch, Gregory A.; Paddock, Christopher D.; Zaki, Sherif; Eremeeva, Marina E.

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Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever, Panama

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Nov 2007
By Estripeaut, Dora ; Aramburú, María Gabriela ; Sáez-Llorens, Xavier ; ...

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Emerg Infect Dis
Personal Author:

Estripeaut, Dora ; Aramburú, María Gabriela ; Sáez-Llorens, Xavier ; Thompson, Herbert A. ; Dasch, Gregory A. ; Paddock, Christopher D. ; Zaki, Sherif ; Eremeeva, Marina E.
Description:

We describe a fatal pediatric case of Rocky Mountain spotted fever in Panama, the first, to our knowledge, since the 1950s. Diagnosis was established by immunohistochemistry, PCR, and isolation of Rickettsia rickettsii from postmortem tissues. Molecular typing demonstrated strong relatedness of the isolate to strains of R. rickettsii from Central and South America.
Subjects:

Animals Base Sequence Child, Preschool Dispatch Fatal Outcome Female Humans Immunohistochemistry Molecular Sequence Data Polymerase Chain Reaction Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever
Source:

Emerg Infect Dis. 13(11):1763-1765.
Document Type:

Journal Article
Place as Subject:

Panama
Location:

Central America
Volume:

13
Issue:

11
Collection(s):

Emerging Infectious Diseases
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urn:sha256:61174ac42eae73eb9d1e01a3265248b6786d2f3e503fa27bd66cfaa9ec8f24b3
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