Clinical and laboratorical evidence of Rickettsia felis infections in Latin America

Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 238-240

  Moreira Galvão, Márcio Antônio ^a   Mafra, Cláudio ^b   Chamone, Chequer Buffe ^c   Calic, Simone Berger ^c   Zavala Velazquez, Jorge E ^d   Walker, David Hughes ^e  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF OURO PRETO   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF VIÇOSA   (Brazil)

^c FUNDAÇÃO EZEQUIEL DIAS   (Brazil)

^d UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE YUCATÁN   (Mexico)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL BRANCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Latin America; Rickettsia felis; Rickettsioses

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIARRHEA; FEVER; HEADACHE; HUMAN; MYALGIA; MYCOSIS; NAUSEA; RICKETTSIA; RICKETTSIA FELIS; RICKETTSIOSIS; SOUTH AND CENTRAL AMERICA; VOMITING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETICS; MEXICO; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

FELIS; RICKETTSIA; RICKETTSIA FELIS;

BACTERIAL DNA;

BRAZIL; DNA, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; MEXICO; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RICKETTSIA FELIS; RICKETTSIA INFECTIONS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 7444242818     PISSN: 00378682     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s0037-86822004000300009     Document Type: Article

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