Abstract
Rickettsial spotted fever is common in southeastern Brazil. Differential diagnosis of pathogens can be performed with proper laboratory methods. A traveler arriving from Portugal developed a fatal febrile hemorrhagic syndrome diagnosed as spotted fever rickettsiosis. We isolated the agent, which was identified as Rickettsia conorii conorii by sequencing rickettsial genes.
© 2013 International Society of Travel Medicine.
Publication types
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Case Reports
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Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
MeSH terms
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Animals
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Boutonneuse Fever* / epidemiology
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Boutonneuse Fever* / microbiology
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Boutonneuse Fever* / transmission
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Brazil / epidemiology
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DNA, Bacterial*
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Disease Reservoirs / microbiology
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Dogs
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Fatal Outcome
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Genes, Bacterial*
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Humans
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Male
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Middle Aged
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Portugal
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Rickettsia conorii* / genetics
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Rickettsia conorii* / isolation & purification
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Rickettsia conorii* / pathogenicity
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Sequence Analysis, DNA / methods*
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Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid
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Time-to-Treatment
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Travel
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Zoonoses / epidemiology
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Zoonoses / microbiology
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Zoonoses / transmission