Rocky mountain spotted fever in Panama: A cluster description

Journal of Infection in Developing Countries

Volumn 5, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 737-741

  Tribaldos, Maribel ^a   Zaldivar, Yamitzel ^a   Bermudez, Sergio ^a   Samudio, Franklyn ^a   Mendoza, Yaxelis ^a   Martinez, Alexander A ^a   Villalobos, Rodrigo ^b   Eremeeva, Marina E ^c   Paddock, Christopher D ^d   Page, Kathleen ^e   Smith, Rebecca E ^a   Pascale, Juan Miguel ^a,f  

^a GORGAS MEMORIAL INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH STUDIES   (Panama)

^b Section of Thoracic Surgery   (Panama)

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

^d NATIONAL CENTER FOR EMERGING AND ZOONOTIC INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^e JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f UNIVERSIDAD DE PANAMÁ   (Panama)

Author keywords

Central America; Cluster analysis; Panama; Pregnancy; Rickettsia rickettsii; Rocky Mountain spotted fever

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; AMPICILLIN; DICLOFENAC;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; ESCHAR; FEMALE; FEVER; GENE SEQUENCE; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MACULOPAPULAR RASH; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PANAMA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; ROCKYMOUNTAIN SPOTTED FEVER; SKIN DISEASE; TICK BORNE DISEASE;

IXODIDA; RICKETTSIA RICKETTSII;

EID: 80054812327     PISSN: 20366590     EISSN: 19722680     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3855/jidc.2189     Document Type: Article

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