Confirming Rickettsia rickettsii as the etiological agent of lethal spotted fever group rickettsiosis in human patients from Espírito Santo state, Brazil.

Faccini-Martínez, Álvaro A

Confirming Rickettsia rickettsii as the etiological agent of lethal spotted fever group rickettsiosis in human patients from Espírito Santo state, Brazil. [electronic resource] - Ticks and tick-borne diseases 03 2018 - 496-499 p. digital

Publication Type: Case Reports; Journal Article

1877-9603

10.1016/j.ttbdis.2018.01.005 doi


Aged
Animals
Bacterial Outer Membrane Proteins--genetics
Brazil--epidemiology
Child, Preschool
Citrate (si)-Synthase--genetics
DNA, Bacterial--genetics
Endemic Diseases
Female
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction
Rickettsia--genetics
Rickettsia rickettsii--genetics
Spotted Fever Group Rickettsiosis--blood
Tick-Borne Diseases--epidemiology
Ticks--microbiology