Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz (Feb 2011)

Outbreak of Rocky Mountain spotted fever in Córdoba, Colombia

  • Marylin Hidalgo,
  • Jorge Miranda,
  • Damaris Heredia,
  • Pilar Zambrano,
  • Juan Fernando Vesga,
  • Diana Lizarazo,
  • Salim Mattar,
  • Gustavo Valbuena

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1590/s0074-02762011000100019
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 106, no. 1
pp. 117 – 118

Abstract

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Rocky Mountain spotted fever (RMSF) is a tick-borne disease caused by the obligate intracellular bacterium Rickettsia rickettsii. Although RMSF was first reported in Colombia in 1937, it remains a neglected disease. Herein, we describe the investigation of a large cluster of cases of spotted fever rickettsiosis in a new area of Colombia.

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