Typhus Group Rickettsiosis, Brazilian Amazon

Minervino, Antonio H.H.; Labruna, Marcelo B.; Dias, Salatiel R.; Costa, Francisco B.; Martins, Thiago F.; da Silva, Phablo N.S.; Faccini-Martínez, Álvaro A.

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Typhus Group Rickettsiosis, Brazilian Amazon

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Sep 2020
By Minervino, Antonio H.H. ; Labruna, Marcelo B. ; Dias, Salatiel R. ; ...

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Emerg Infect Dis
Personal Author:

Minervino, Antonio H.H. ; Labruna, Marcelo B. ; Dias, Salatiel R. ; Costa, Francisco B. ; Martins, Thiago F. ; da Silva, Phablo N.S. ; Faccini-Martínez, Álvaro A.
Description:

Rickettsia rickettsii infection is the only rickettsiosis included in the list of reportable diseases in Brazil, where typhus group rickettsioses, mainly murine typhus, have been underreported. We report a case of typhus group rickettsiosis with unique ecologic particularities in a patient from the Brazilian Amazon, where, to our knowledge, rickettsioses have not been reported.
Subjects:

Animals Humans Mice Rickettsia Rickettsia Infections Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever Typhus, Endemic Flea-Borne Typhus, Epidemic Louse-Borne
Source:

Emerg Infect Dis. 26(9):2294-2296
Pubmed ID:

32818424
Pubmed Central ID:

PMC7454102
Document Type:

Journal Article
Genre:

Letter
Place as Subject:

Brazil
Volume:

26
Issue:

9
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Emerging Infectious Diseases
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urn:sha256:9aebb20f8b300f3aec08193471ce93510319001839537d5bae1c031a41d04871
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