Probable case of spotted fever group rickettsial infection in a new suspected endemic area, Colombia

• Main Authors: Carlos H. Gómez-Quintero (Author), Álvaro A. Faccini-Martínez (Author), Carlos A. Botero-García (Author), Marcela Lozano (Author), Liliana Sánchez-Lerma (Author), Jorge Miranda (Author), Salim Mattar (Author), Marylin Hidalgo (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Elsevier, 2017-05-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Summary: Spoted fever group (SFG) rickettsioses are actually considered as emerging and re-emerging zoonotic diseases, caused by pathogenic bacteria of the spotted fever group rickettsiae (SFGR). Recently, serologic studies in human and animals conducted in Colombian Orinoquia, showed a high seropre...