Clinical and laboratorial evidence of Rickettsia felis infections in Latin America
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Resumo: | After the discovery and initial characterization of Rickettsia felis in 1992 by Azad and cols, and the subsequent first description of a human case of infection in 1994, there have been two communications of human rickettsiosis cases caused by Rickettsia felis in Latin America. The first one was published in 2000 by Zavala-Velazquez and cols in Mexico. In 2001 Raoult and cols described the occurrence of two human cases of Rickettsia felis rickettsiosis in Brazil. In the present discussion these two articles were compared and after the description of the principal signs and symptoms, it was concluded that more studies are needed with descriptions of a greater number of patients to establish the true frequency of the clinical signs and symptoms present in Rickettsia felis rickettsiosis. |
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Clinical and laboratorial evidence of Rickettsia felis infections in Latin AmericaRickettsia felisRickettsiosesLatin AmericaAfter the discovery and initial characterization of Rickettsia felis in 1992 by Azad and cols, and the subsequent first description of a human case of infection in 1994, there have been two communications of human rickettsiosis cases caused by Rickettsia felis in Latin America. The first one was published in 2000 by Zavala-Velazquez and cols in Mexico. In 2001 Raoult and cols described the occurrence of two human cases of Rickettsia felis rickettsiosis in Brazil. In the present discussion these two articles were compared and after the description of the principal signs and symptoms, it was concluded that more studies are needed with descriptions of a greater number of patients to establish the true frequency of the clinical signs and symptoms present in Rickettsia felis rickettsiosis.Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical - SBMT2004-06-01info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersiontext/htmlhttp://old.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0037-86822004000300009Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical v.37 n.3 2004reponame:Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropicalinstname:Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical (SBMT)instacron:SBMT10.1590/S0037-86822004000300009info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessGalvão,Márcio Antônio MoreiraMafra,CláudioChamone,Chequer BuffeCalic,Simone BergerZavala-Velazquez,Jorge E.Walker,David Hugheseng2004-06-14T00:00:00Zoai:scielo:S0037-86822004000300009Revistahttps://www.sbmt.org.br/portal/revista/ONGhttps://old.scielo.br/oai/scielo-oai.php||dalmo@rsbmt.uftm.edu.br|| rsbmt@rsbmt.uftm.edu.br1678-98490037-8682opendoar:2004-06-14T00:00Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical - Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical (SBMT)false |
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Clinical and laboratorial evidence of Rickettsia felis infections in Latin America |
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Clinical and laboratorial evidence of Rickettsia felis infections in Latin America |
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Clinical and laboratorial evidence of Rickettsia felis infections in Latin America Galvão,Márcio Antônio Moreira Rickettsia felis Rickettsioses Latin America |
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Clinical and laboratorial evidence of Rickettsia felis infections in Latin America |
title_full |
Clinical and laboratorial evidence of Rickettsia felis infections in Latin America |
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Clinical and laboratorial evidence of Rickettsia felis infections in Latin America |
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Clinical and laboratorial evidence of Rickettsia felis infections in Latin America |
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Clinical and laboratorial evidence of Rickettsia felis infections in Latin America |
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Galvão,Márcio Antônio Moreira |
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Galvão,Márcio Antônio Moreira Mafra,Cláudio Chamone,Chequer Buffe Calic,Simone Berger Zavala-Velazquez,Jorge E. Walker,David Hughes |
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Mafra,Cláudio Chamone,Chequer Buffe Calic,Simone Berger Zavala-Velazquez,Jorge E. Walker,David Hughes |
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Galvão,Márcio Antônio Moreira Mafra,Cláudio Chamone,Chequer Buffe Calic,Simone Berger Zavala-Velazquez,Jorge E. Walker,David Hughes |
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Rickettsia felis Rickettsioses Latin America |
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Rickettsia felis Rickettsioses Latin America |
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After the discovery and initial characterization of Rickettsia felis in 1992 by Azad and cols, and the subsequent first description of a human case of infection in 1994, there have been two communications of human rickettsiosis cases caused by Rickettsia felis in Latin America. The first one was published in 2000 by Zavala-Velazquez and cols in Mexico. In 2001 Raoult and cols described the occurrence of two human cases of Rickettsia felis rickettsiosis in Brazil. In the present discussion these two articles were compared and after the description of the principal signs and symptoms, it was concluded that more studies are needed with descriptions of a greater number of patients to establish the true frequency of the clinical signs and symptoms present in Rickettsia felis rickettsiosis. |
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