Eschar-associated spotted fever rickettsiosis, Bahia, Brazil

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 275-278

  Silva, Nanci ^a   Eremeeva, Marina E ^b   Rozental, Tatiana ^c   Ribeiro, Guilherme S ^c,d   Paddock, Christopher D ^b   Ramos, Eduardo Antonio G ^c   Favacho, Alexsandra R M ^c   Reis, Mitermayer G ^c   Dasch, Gregory A ^b   de Lemos, Elba R S ^c   Ko, Albert I ^c,e  

^a ESCOLA BAHIANA DE MEDICINA E SAÚDE PÚBLICA   (Brazil)

^b CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^c INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^d FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF BAHIA   (Brazil)

^e YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CEFADROXIL; DOXYCYCLINE; PARACETAMOL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CASE REPORT; FEVER; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFLAMMATORY INFILTRATE; MALE; MOUTH ULCER; MYALGIA; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PAIN; RASH; RICKETTSIA; RICKETTSIA AFRICAE; RICKETTSIA PARKERI; RICKETTSIA SIBIRICA; RICKETTSIOSIS; SKIN BIOPSY; SWELLING; TICK BITE;

ADULT; BRAZIL; DNA, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; MALE; RICKETTSIA; RICKETTSIA INFECTIONS; ROCKY MOUNTAIN SPOTTED FEVER; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SKIN; TONGUE;

EID: 79551653845     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1702.100859     Document Type: Article

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