Clinical and laboratorial evidence of Rickettsia felis infections in Latin America

After the discovery and initial characterization of Rickettsia felis in 1992 by Azad and cols, and the subsequent first description of a human case of infection in 1994, there have been two communications of human rickettsiosis cases caused by Rickettsia felis in Latin America. The first one was pub...

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Published in:Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical 2004-06, Vol.37 (3), p.238-240
Main Authors: Galvão, Márcio Antônio Moreira, Mafra, Cláudio, Chamone, Chequer Buffe, Calic, Simone Berger, Zavala-Velazquez, Jorge E, Walker, David Hughes
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Brazil
DNA, Bacterial - analysis
Humans
Latin America
Mexico
Polymerase Chain Reaction
Rickettsia felis
Rickettsia felis - genetics
Rickettsia Infections - diagnosis
Rickettsioses
Sequence Analysis, DNA
TROPICAL MEDICINE
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Summary:After the discovery and initial characterization of Rickettsia felis in 1992 by Azad and cols, and the subsequent first description of a human case of infection in 1994, there have been two communications of human rickettsiosis cases caused by Rickettsia felis in Latin America. The first one was published in 2000 by Zavala-Velazquez and cols in Mexico. In 2001 Raoult and cols described the occurrence of two human cases of Rickettsia felis rickettsiosis in Brazil. In the present discussion these two articles were compared and after the description of the principal signs and symptoms, it was concluded that more studies are needed with descriptions of a greater number of patients to establish the true frequency of the clinical signs and symptoms present in Rickettsia felis rickettsiosis.
ISSN:0037-8682
1678-9849
0037-8682
1678-9849
DOI:10.1590/S0037-86822004000300009