Investigation of an outbreak of rickettsial febrile illness in Guatemala, 2007

International Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2013, Pages

  Eremeeva, Marina E ^a,h   Berganza, Elsa ^b,c   Suarez, Gloria ^d   Gobern, Lorena ^e   Dueger, Erica ^d   Castillo, Leticia ^e   Reyes, Lissette ^f,g   Wikswo, Mary E ^a   Abramowicz, Kyle F ^a   Dasch, Gregory A ^a   Lindblade, Kim A ^c,g  

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

^b Área de Salud ^*  (Guatemala)

^c CDC Regional Office for Central America and Panama   (Guatemala)

^d Centro Nacional de Epidemiologia   (Guatemala)

^e Laboratorio Nacional de Salud de Guatemala   (Guatemala)

^f Área de Salud   (Guatemala)

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

^h GEORGIA SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Amblyomma cajennense; Guatemala; Spotted fever group rickettsiae; Spotted fever rickettsiosis

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; AMOXICILLIN; DICLOFENAC; DOXYCYCLINE; ERYTHROMYCIN; IBUPROFEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY; PARACETAMOL; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE; TRIMETHOPRIM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGRICULTURAL WORKER; AMBLYOMMA CAJENNENSE; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DOMESTIC ANIMAL; EPIDEMIC; FATALITY; FEMALE; GUATEMALA; HUMAN; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; RICKETTSIA AKARI; RICKETTSIA RICKETTSII; RICKETTSIA TYPHI; ROCKY MOUNTAIN SPOTTED FEVER; SCHOOL CHILD; TICK; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANIMALS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; GUATEMALA; HUMANS; IXODIDAE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES; MOLECULAR TYPING; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RICKETTSIA RICKETTSII; ROCKY MOUNTAIN SPOTTED FEVER; RURAL POPULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84876070840     PISSN: 12019712     EISSN: 18783511     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijid.2012.11.011     Document Type: Article

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