Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever, Colombia

Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever, Colombia

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 fe...

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Main Authors: Marylin Hidalgo, Leonora Orejuela, Patricia Fuya, Pilar Carrillo, Jorge Hernandez, Edgar Parra, Colette Keng, Melissa Small, Juan P. Olano, Donald H. Bouyer, Elizabeth Castaneda, David Walker, Gustavo Valbuena
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2007-07-01
Series:Emerging Infectious Diseases
Subjects:
Rickettsia
Rocky Mountain spotted fever
Colombia
ticks
epidemiology
communicable diseases
Online Access:https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/13/7/06-0537_article

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