| Literature DB >> 31151921 |
Juan C Quintero Vélez1, Álvaro A Faccini-Martínez2, Juan David Rodas González3, Francisco J Díaz4, René Ramírez García5, Polonio Somoyar Ordosgoitia6, Edgar Alberto Parra Saad7, Lisardo Osorio Quintero8, Carlos Rojas Arbeláez9.
Abstract
This report describes a new lethal case of Rickettsia rickettsii infection in a child from Northwestern Colombia, after ten years of the last outbreaks in the same region. Colombian public-health authorities should consider to include this severe rickettsiosis in the compulsory-reporting diseases, with the aim of knowing its burden in the country.Entities:
Keywords: Colombia; Lethal case; Pediatric; Rickettsia rickettsii; Rickettsial infection
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Year: 2019 PMID： 31151921 DOI： 10.1016/j.ttbdis.2019.05.009
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Ticks Tick Borne Dis ISSN： 1877-959X Impact factor: 3.744