Spotted fever in Brazil: A seroepidemiological study and description of clinical cases in an endemic area in the state of São Paulo

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 65, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 329-334

  De Lemos, E R S ^a   Alvarenga, F B F ^a   Cintra, M L ^a   Ramos, M C ^a   Paddock, C D ^a   Ferebee, T L ^a   Zaki, S R ^a   Ferreira, F C C ^a   Ravagnani, R C ^a   Machado, R D ^a   Guimaraes M A A M ^a   Coura, J R ^a  

^a INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; BRAZILIAN SPOTTED FEVER; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMA; EDEMA; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; JAUNDICE; MALE; MYALGIA; RASH; RICKETTSIA RICKETTSII; RICKETTSIOSIS; SEPTIC SHOCK; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGY; SEROLOGY; SPLENOMEGALY;

EID: 0034765512     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2001.65.329     Document Type: Article

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