An update on the epidemiological situation of spotted fever in Brazil

An update on the epidemiological situation of spotted fever in Brazil

Abstract Background Spotted fever is a tick-borne rickettsial disease. In Brazil, its notification to the Ministry of Health is compulsory. Since 2007, cases of spotted fever have been integrated to the Notifiable Diseases Information System, and epidemiological analyzes are part of the routines o...

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Main Authors: Stefan Vilges de Oliveira, Jessica Noronha Guimarães, Guilherme Carneiro Reckziegel, Bidiah Mariano da Costa Neves, Keline Medeiros de Araújo-Vilges, Lidsy Ximenes Fonseca, Fernanda Voietta Pinna, Simone Valéria Costa Pereira, Eduardo Pacheco de Caldas, Gilberto Salles Gazeta, Rodrigo Gurgel-Gonçalves
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SciELO 2016-09-01
Series:Journal of Venomous Animals and Toxins including Tropical Diseases
Subjects:
Rickettsial diseases
Epidemiology
Information system
Tick-borne disease
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