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Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever, Colombia

Authors :
Elizabeth CastaƱeda
Donald H. Bouyer
Melissa A. Small
Patricia Fuya
Gustavo Valbuena
Colette Keng
Marylin Hidalgo
Edgar Parra
Pilar Carrillo
Jorge A. Hernandez
Leonora Orejuela
David H. Walker
Juan P. Olano
Source :
Emerging Infectious Diseases, Emerging Infectious Diseases, Vol 13, Iss 7, Pp 1058-1058 (2007), Scopus-Elsevier
Publication Year :
2007
Publisher :
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2007.

Abstract

We investigated 2 fatal cases of Rocky Mountain spotted fever that occurred in 2003 and 2004 near the same locality in Colombia where the disease was first reported in the 1930s. A retrospective serosurvey of febrile patients showed that >21% of the serum samples had antibodies against spotted fever group rickettsiae.

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
10806059 and 10806040
Volume :
13
Issue :
7
Database :
OpenAIRE
Journal :
Emerging Infectious Diseases
Accession number :
edsair.doi.dedup.....5e23e82e0494734ca6f9ffe6f4e9e7cd