Rickettsiosis Caused by Rickettsia parkeri, Mexico

Peniche-Lara, Gaspar; Lara-Perera, Victor

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Rickettsiosis Caused by Rickettsia parkeri, Mexico

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2 2022
By Peniche-Lara, Gaspar ; Lara-Perera, Victor

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English

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Alternative Title:

Emerg Infect Dis
Personal Author:

Peniche-Lara, Gaspar ; Lara-Perera, Victor
Description:

We report a human case of rickettsiosis caused by Rickettsia parkeri strain Atlantic Rainforest in Mexico in an adult woman from a small town in the north of Yucatan, Mexico. We confirmed diagnosis using conventional PCR and sequence analysis. Health providers should be aware of clinical manifestations of rickettsioses in this region.
Subjects:

Adult Animals Female Humans Ixodidae Polymerase Chain Reaction Rickettsia Rickettsia Infections
Source:

Emerg Infect Dis. 2022; 28(2):478-479
Pubmed ID:

35076372
Pubmed Central ID:

PMC8798671
Document Type:

Journal Article
Genre:

Letter
Place as Subject:

Mexico
Volume:

28
Issue:

2
Collection(s):

Emerging Infectious Diseases
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urn:sha256:7ae5dd3712dccd150575103cc531c6c4a25eb0ba7af2493c961daa65f82e5114
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