Newly Recognized Pediatric Cases of Typhus Group Rickettsiosis, Houston, Texas, USA

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• Alternative Title:
  Emerg Infect Dis
• Personal Author:
  Erickson, Timothy ; da Silva, Juliana ; Nolan, Melissa S. ; Marquez, Lucila ; Munoz, Flor M. ; Murray, Kristy O.
• Description:
  An increase in typhus group rickettsiosis and an expanding geographic range occurred in Texas, USA, over a decade. Because this illness commonly affects children, we retrospectively examined medical records from 2008-2016 at a large Houston-area pediatric hospital and identified 36 cases. The earliest known cases were diagnosed in 2011.
• Subjects:
  Adolescent Animals Antibodies, Bacterial/blood Cats Child Child, Preschool Dispatch DNA, Bacterial/genetics Dogs Female Humans Male Opossums/microbiology Polymerase Chain Reaction Retrospective Studies Rickettsia Typhi Seasons Typhus, Endemic Flea-Borne Young Adult

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• Source:
  Emerg Infect Dis. 23(12):2068-2071.
• Pubmed ID:
  29148369
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC5708246
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Texas
• Location:
  North America
• Volume:
  23
• Issue:
  12
• Collection(s):
  Emerging Infectious Diseases
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:8baeaea9ce77cc9b7f041edcd51102f5211514bfe5ce3757890dbd56ce52bbe6
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/50191/cdc_50191_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 540.37 KB ]