Rickettsial Disease in the Peruvian Amazon Basin.

Rickettsial Disease in the Peruvian Amazon Basin.

Using a large, passive, clinic-based surveillance program in Iquitos, Peru, we characterized the prevalence of rickettsial infections among undifferentiated febrile cases and obtained evidence of pathogen transmission in potential domestic reservoir contacts and their ectoparasites. Blood specimens...

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Main Authors: Claudine Kocher, Amy C Morrison, Mariana Leguia, Steev Loyola, Roger M Castillo, Hugo A Galvez, Helvio Astete, Carmen Flores-Mendoza, Julia S Ampuero, Daniel G Bausch, Eric S Halsey, Manuel Cespedes, Karine Zevallos, Ju Jiang, Allen L Richards
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2016-07-01
Series:PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4944934?pdf=render

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