Rickettsial Disease in the Peruvian Amazon Basin.

• Main Authors: Claudine Kocher (Author), Amy C Morrison (Author), Mariana Leguia (Author), Steev Loyola (Author), Roger M Castillo (Author), Hugo A Galvez (Author), Helvio Astete (Author), Carmen Flores-Mendoza (Author), Julia S Ampuero (Author), Daniel G Bausch (Author), Eric S Halsey (Author), Manuel Cespedes (Author), Karine Zevallos (Author), Ju Jiang (Author), Allen L Richards (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2016-07-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Using a large, passive, clinic-based surveillance program in Iquitos, Peru, we characterized the prevalence of rickettsial infections among undifferentiated febrile cases and obtained evidence of pathogen transmission in potential domestic reservoir contacts and their ectoparasites. Blood specimens...