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Rickettsial infections causing acute febrile illness in urban slums, Brazil

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FOURNIER, John B. et al. Rickettsial infections causing acute febrile illness in urban slums, Brazil. Emerging Infectious Diseases, v. 28, n. 10, p. 1-3, 2022.
1080-6059
10.3201/eid2810.220497
Autor
Fournier, John B.
Blanton, Lucas S.
Nery Jr, Nivison
Wunder Jr, Elsio A.
Costa, Federico
Reis, Mitermayer G.
Ribeiro, Guilherme S.
Walker, David H.
Ko, Albert I.
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Institutos Nacionais de Saúde. Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (CNPq). Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa da Bahia (FAPESB).
 
We conducted enhanced acute febrile illness surveillance in an urban slum community in Salvador, Brazil. We found that rickettsial infection accounted for 3.5% of urgent care visits for acute fever. Our results suggest that rickettsiae might be an underrecognized, treatable cause of acute febrile illness in impoverished urban populations in Brazil.
 
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