Typhus Group Rickettsiosis, Brazilian Amazon.

ABSTRACT: Rickettsia rickettsii infection is the only rickettsiosis included in the list of reportable diseases in Brazil, where typhus group rickettsioses, mainly murine typhus, have been underreported. We report a case of typhus group rickettsiosis with unique ecologic particularities in a patient from the Brazilian Amazon, where, to our knowledge, rickettsioses have not been reported.

SUBMITTER: Minervino AHH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7454102 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature