Epidemiological characterization of incident cases of Rickettsia infection in rural areas of Urabá region, Colombia.

• Main Authors: Juan Carlos Quintero Vélez (Author), Daniel Camilo Aguirre-Acevedo (Author), Juan David Rodas (Author), Margarita Arboleda (Author), Adriana Troyo (Author), Francisco Vega Aguilar (Author), Lisardo Osorio Quintero (Author), Carlos Rojas Arbeláez (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2018-10-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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INTRODUCTION:Most of the studies related to rickettsial infection in Colombia are cross-sectional because of the challenge in conducting prospective studies on infectious disease that may have a difficult diagnosis. Although cross-sectional studies are essential to detect people exposed to rickettsi...