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

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 1078, Issue , 2006, Pages 170-172

  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; Epidemiology; Rickettsia rickettsii

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BRAZIL; BRAZILIAN SPOTTED FEVER; CASE STUDY; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFERENCE PAPER; ENDEMIC DISEASE; FEMALE; FEVER; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; MALE; RICKETTSIA RICKETTSII; SEASONAL VARIATION; TICK;

ACARI; AMBLYOMMA CAJENNENSE; HYDROCHAERIS HYDROCHAERIS; IXODIDA; RICKETTSIA RICKETTSII;

EID: 33845718996     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: 17496632     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1196/annals.1374.030     Document Type: Conference Paper

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