Brazilian spotted fever: A case series from an endemic area in southeastern Brazil. Clinical aspects

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 1078, Issue , 2006, Pages 252-254

  Angerami, Rodrigo Nogueira ^a,d   Resende, Mariângela R ^a   Feltrin, Adriana F C ^a   Katz, Gizelda ^b   Nascimento, Elvira M ^c   Stucchi, Raquel S B ^a   Silva, Luiz J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

^b Centro de Vigilância Epidemiológica Prof Alexandre Vranjac   (Brazil)

^c INSTITUTO ADOLFO LUTZ   (Brazil)

^d NONE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Brazilian spotted fever; Rickettsia rickettsii

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G;

ANTIBODY TITER; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BLOOD SAMPLING; BRAZIL; BRAZILIAN SPOTTED FEVER; CASE STUDY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONFERENCE PAPER; ENDEMIC DISEASE; FEVER; HEADACHE; HUMAN; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; LETHALITY; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; RASH; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RICKETTSIA RICKETTSII; RICKETTSIOSIS;

RICKETTSIA RICKETTSII;

EID: 33845702783     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: 17496632     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1196/annals.1374.044     Document Type: Conference Paper

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