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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Published in:Ticks and tick-borne diseases Vol. 10; no. 5; pp. 995 - 996
Main Authors: 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
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: Netherlands Elsevier GmbH 01-08-2019
Subjects:
Colombia
Lethal case
Pediatric
Rickettsia rickettsii
Rickettsial infection
Colombia
Rickettsia rickettsii
Lethal case
Rickettsial infection
Pediatric
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Summary: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.
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ISSN:1877-959X
1877-9603
DOI:10.1016/j.ttbdis.2019.05.009