Features of Brazilian spotted fever in two different endemic areas in Brazil

Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases

Volumn 3, Issue 5-6, 2012, Pages 346-348

  Angerami, Rodrigo N ^a   Câmara, Milena ^b   Pacola, Márcia R ^c   Rezende, Regina C M ^c   Duarte, Raquel M R ^c   Nascimento, Elvira M M ^d   Colombo, Silvia ^d   Santos, Fabiana C P ^d   Leite, Ruth M ^e   Katz, Gizelda ^d   Silva, Luiz J ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

^b Secretaria Municipal de Saúde de Diadema   (Brazil)

^c Grupo de Estudo em Leishmaniose   (Brazil)

^d INSTITUTO ADOLFO LUTZ   (Brazil)

^e Secretaria de Estado da Saude de Sao Paulo   (Brazil)

^f International Vaccine Institute   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Amblyomma aureolatum; Amblyomma cajennense; Brazilian spotted fever; Rickettsia rickettsii

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AMBLYOMMA; AMBLYOMMA AUREOLATUM; AMBLYOMMA CAJENNENSE; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; BRAZILIAN SPOTTED FEVER; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENDEMIC DISEASE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; INFANT; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RICKETTSIOSIS; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; TICK BORNE DISEASE; VEGETATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANIMALS; BRAZIL; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENDEMIC DISEASES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; IXODIDAE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RICKETTSIA RICKETTSII; RISK FACTORS; ROCKY MOUNTAIN SPOTTED FEVER; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; YOUNG ADULT;

AMBLYOMMA AUREOLATUM; AMBLYOMMA CAJENNENSE; ANIMALIA; IXODIDA; IXODIDAE; RICKETTSIA RICKETTSII;

EID: 84870473320     PISSN: 1877959X     EISSN: 18779603     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ttbdis.2012.10.010     Document Type: Article

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