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An Increase in Human Cases of Spotted Fever Rickettsiosis in Yucatan, Mexico, Involving Children

The first human case of infection caused by Rickettsia in Yucatan was detected in 1996, and it was determined that the species was R. felis. Since then, passive epidemiologic surveillance was implemented to search for human cases in the public hospitals of the state, and in 2005, the first human cas...

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Published in:Am J Trop Med Hyg
Main Authors: Zavala-Castro, Jorge E., Dzul-Rosado, Karla R., León, Juan José Arias, Walker, David H., Zavala-Velázquez, Jorge E.
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: 2008
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4264352/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19052302
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