Novel spotted fever group rickettsiosis, Brazil

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 521-523

  Spolidorio, Mariana G ^a   Labruna, Marcelo B ^a   Mantovani, Elenice ^a   Brandão, Paulo E ^a   Richtzenhain, Leonardo J ^a   Yoshinari, Natalino H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CEFALEXIN; DOXYCYCLINE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; PARACETAMOL;

AGED; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTHRALGIA; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BLOOD SAMPLING; BRAZIL; CASE REPORT; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA SEQUENCE; FEVER; HUMAN; MALE; MYALGIA; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; RASH; RICKETTSIA; RICKETTSIOSIS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEROCONVERSION; SKIN BIOPSY; SPOTTED FEVER GROUP RICKETTSIOSIS; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; TICK BITE;

AGED; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; BRAZIL; DNA, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; RICKETTSIA; ROCKY MOUNTAIN SPOTTED FEVER; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SKIN;

EID: 77649093998     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1603.091338     Document Type: Article

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