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Rickettsia felis, the Agent of an Emerging Infectious Disease: Report of a New Case in Mexico

2006; Elsevier BV; Volume: 37; Issue: 3 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1016/j.arcmed.2005.08.003

1873-5487

Jorge E. Zavala-Velázquez, Hugo Laviada‐Molina, Jorge Zavala-Castro, Carlos Pérez-Osorio, Gerardo Becerra-Carmona, José A. Ruiz-Sosa, Donald H. Bouyer, David H. Walker,

Viral Infections and Vectors

The fourth case of human infection with Rickettsia felis in Yucatán, Mexico was documented by serologic testing and polymerase chain reaction (PCR). The role of R. felis in human disease has been demonstrated by molecular methods in a few patients from the U.S., Yucatán, Brazil and Germany. Apparently, there is a wide spectrum in the clinical presentation of the worldwide reported cases.