Fatal Spotted Fever Rickettsiosis, Minas Gerais, Brazil

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 9, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 1402-1405

  Moreira Galvão, Márcio Antonio ^a,b   Dumler, J Stephen ^c   Mafra, Cláudio Lísias ^a   Calic, Simone Berger ^d   Chamone, Chequer Buffe ^d   Filho, Gracco Cesarino ^e   Olano, Juan Pablo ^b   Walker, David H ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF OURO PRETO   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL BRANCH   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d FUNDAÇÃO EZEQUIEL DIAS   (Brazil)

^e Diretoria Regional de Saúde   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOXYCYCLINE;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BRAZIL; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; FAMILIAL DISEASE; FATAL SPOTTED FEVER RICKETTSIOSIS; FATALITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFANT; MALE; RICKETTSIA RICKETTSII; RICKETTSIOSIS; SERODIAGNOSIS;

EID: 0242386549     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid0911.030193     Document Type: Article

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