Rickettsia slovaca Infection in Humans, Portugal

de Sousa, Rita; Pereira, Branca Isabel; Nazareth, Claúdia; Cabral, Susana; Ventura, Conceição; Crespo, Pedro; Marques, Nuno; da Cunha, Saraiva

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Rickettsia slovaca Infection in Humans, Portugal

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Oct 2013
By de Sousa, Rita ; Pereira, Branca Isabel ; Nazareth, Claúdia ; ...

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Emerg Infect Dis
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de Sousa, Rita ; Pereira, Branca Isabel ; Nazareth, Claúdia ; Cabral, Susana ; Ventura, Conceição ; Crespo, Pedro ; Marques, Nuno ; da Cunha, Saraiva
Description:

Fifteen years after the initial detection of Rickettsia slovaca in ticks in Portugal, 3 autochthonous cases of R. slovaca infection were diagnosed in humans. All patients had an eschar on the scalp and lymphadenopathy; 2 patients had facial edema. R. slovaca infection was confirmed by serologic testing, culture, and PCR.
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Cabral S Crespo P DEBONEL Dermacentor-borne-necrosis-erythema Lymphadenopathy Dispatch Et Al. Rickettsia Slovaca Infection In Humans Facial Edema Lymphadenopathy Nazareth C Pereira BI Portugal Rickettsiae Rickettsial Infections Rickettsia Slovaca Scalp Eschar TIBOLA Tick-borne Lymphadenopathy Vector-borne Infections Ventura C
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Emerg Infect Dis. 19(10):1627-1629.
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Journal Article
Volume:

19
Issue:

10
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Emerging Infectious Diseases
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urn:sha256:3af05e5abd6048e3e95db463db268f4cf928d831af90c81d4ee1d14057ae853d
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