Fatal Rickettsia rickettsii infection in a child, Northwestern Colombia, 2017

Fatal Rickettsia rickettsii infection in a child, Northwestern Colombia, 2017

This report describes a new lethal case of Rickettsia rickettsii infection in a child from Northwestern Colombia, after ten years of the last outbreaks in the same region. Colombian public-health authorities should consider to include this severe rickettsiosis in the compulsory-reporting diseases, w...

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Veröffentlicht in:Ticks and tick-borne diseases 2019-08, Vol.10 (5), p.995-996
Hauptverfasser: Quintero Vélez, Juan C., Faccini-Martínez, Álvaro A., Rodas González, Juan David, Díaz, Francisco J., Ramírez García, René, Somoyar Ordosgoitia, Polonio, Parra Saad, Edgar Alberto, Osorio Quintero, Lisardo, Rojas Arbeláez, Carlos
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Sprache:eng
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Colombia
Lethal case
Pediatric
Rickettsia rickettsii
Rickettsial infection
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Zusammenfassung:This report describes a new lethal case of Rickettsia rickettsii infection in a child from Northwestern Colombia, after ten years of the last outbreaks in the same region. Colombian public-health authorities should consider to include this severe rickettsiosis in the compulsory-reporting diseases, with the aim of knowing its burden in the country.
ISSN:1877-959X
1877-9603
DOI:10.1016/j.ttbdis.2019.05.009