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Old and New Human Rickettsiosis in Minas Gerais State, Brazil
Author(s) -
CALIC S B,
BARCELLOSROCHA C M,
LEITE R C,
MAFRA C L,
GALVÃO M A M
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
annals of the new york academy of sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.712
H-Index - 248
eISSN - 1749-6632
pISSN - 0077-8923
DOI - 10.1196/annals.1355.059
Subject(s) - rickettsiosis , ehrlichiosis , doxycycline , geography , rickettsia , medicine , humanities , veterinary medicine , virology , biology , art , tick , antibiotics , virus , microbiology and biotechnology
A bstract : The authors describe cases of Brazilian spotted fever (BSF) diagnosed in Minas Gerais state, Brazil, by the Minas Gerais Public Health Laboratory, Ezequiel Dias Foundation from 1995 to 2004. In addition they present three cases of human Rickettsia felis rickettsiosis from Minas Gerais diagnosed in France in 1999, and the first two suspected cases of human monocytic ehrlichiosis (HME) diagnosed in Ezequiel Dias Foundation in 2001. In both cases a differential diagnose was made with BSF.