| Literature DB >> 33496241 |
José María Robaina-Bordón, Cristina Carranza-Rodríguez, Michele Hernández-Cabrera, Margarita Bolaños-Rivero, Elena Pisos-Álamo, Nieves Jaén-Sánchez, Araceli Hernández-Betancor, Laura Suárez-Hormiga, José Luis Pérez-Arellano.
Abstract
To document the epidemiology, clinical features, and outcomes of murine typhus patients in the Canary Islands (Spain), we analyzed data that were retrospectively collected for 16 years for 221 patients. Murine typhus in the Canary Islands is characterized by a high rate of complications (31.6%), mainly liver, lung, kidney or central nervous system involvement.Entities:
Keywords: Canary Islands; Rickettsia typhi; Spain; bacteria; endemic fleaborne typhus; fever; infections; murine typhus; neglected diseases; reemerging communicable diseases; rickettsia; zoonoses
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Year: 2021 PMID: 33496241 PMCID: PMC7853564 DOI: 10.3201/eid2702.191695
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Emerg Infect Dis ISSN: 1080-6040 Impact factor: 6.883