First report of African tick-bite fever in a South American traveler

We report a clinical case of African tick-bite fever in a Brazilian traveler right after his return from South Africa. Definitive diagnosis was supported by seroconversion between acute-phase and convalescent-phase serum samples, detection of rickettsial DNA in skin lesions, and in vitro culture of...

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Pubblicato in:SAGE Open Med Case Rep
Autori principali: Angerami, Rodrigo N, Krawczak, Felipe S, Nieri-Bastos, Fernanda A, Santos, Fabiana, Medorima, Claudio, Resende, Mariângela Ribeiro, Labruna, Marcelo B
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Lingua:Inglês
Pubblicazione: SAGE Publications 2018
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Accesso online:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5956635/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29796268
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1177/2050313X18775301
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