Case Report: Rickettsia Sp. Strain Atlantic Rainforest Infection In A Patient From A Spotted Fever-endemic Area In Southern Brazil

dc.creatorKrawczak F.S.
dc.creatorMuñoz-Leal S.
dc.creatorGuztzazky A.C.
dc.creatorOliveira S.V.
dc.creatorSantos F.C.P.
dc.creatorAngerami R.N.
dc.creatorMoraes-Filho J.
dc.creatorDe Souza J.C.
dc.creatorJr.
dc.creatorLabruna M.B.
dc.date2016
dc.date2017-08-17T19:17:25Z
dc.date2017-08-17T19:17:25Z
dc.date.accessioned2018-03-29T05:26:57Z
dc.date.available2018-03-29T05:26:57Z
dc.identifierAmerican Journal Of Tropical Medicine And Hygiene. American Society Of Tropical Medicine And Hygiene, v. 95, n. 3, p. 551 - 553, 2016.
dc.identifier0002-9637
dc.identifier10.4269/ajtmh.16-0192
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dc.identifierhttp://repositorio.unicamp.br/jspui/handle/REPOSIP/324051
dc.identifier2-s2.0-84984813634
dc.identifier.urihttp://repositorioslatinoamericanos.uchile.cl/handle/2250/1358214
dc.descriptionSanta Catarina State in southern Brazil is the state with the second highest number of laboratoryconfirmed cases of spotted fever illness in Brazil. However, all these cases were confirmed solely by serological analysis (seroconversion to spotted fever group rickettsiae), which has not allowed identification of the rickettsial agent. Here, a clinical case of spotted fever illness from Santa Catarina is shown by seroconversion and molecular analysis to be caused by Rickettsia sp. strain Atlantic rainforest. This is the third confirmed clinical case due to this emerging rickettsial agent in Brazil. Like the previous two cases, the patient presented an inoculation eschar at the tick bite site. Our molecular diagnosis was performed on DNA extracted from the crust removed from the eschar. These results are supported by previous epidemiological studies in Santa Catarina, which showed that nearly 10% of the most common human-biting ticks were infected by Rickettsia sp. strain Atlantic rainforest. © Copyright 2016 by The American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene.
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dc.description551
dc.description553
dc.languageEnglish
dc.publisherAmerican Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
dc.relationAmerican Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
dc.rightsfechado
dc.sourceScopus
dc.titleCase Report: Rickettsia Sp. Strain Atlantic Rainforest Infection In A Patient From A Spotted Fever-endemic Area In Southern Brazil
dc.typeArtículos de revistas


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