Probable case of spotted fever group rickettsial infection in a new suspected endemic area, Colombia

Summary: Spoted fever group (SFG) rickettsioses are actually considered as emerging and re-emerging zoonotic diseases, caused by pathogenic bacteria of the spotted fever group rickettsiae (SFGR). Recently, serologic studies in human and animals conducted in Colombian Orinoquia, showed a high seropre...

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Main Authors: Carlos H. Gómez-Quintero, Álvaro A. Faccini-Martínez, Carlos A. Botero-García, Marcela Lozano, Liliana Sánchez-Lerma, Jorge Miranda, Salim Mattar, Marylin Hidalgo
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2017-05-01
Series:Journal of Infection and Public Health
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1876034116301320