Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo (Mar 2019)

Murine typhus in Mexico City: report of an imported case

  • Sokani Sánchez-Montes,
  • Pablo Colunga-Salas,
  • Edith A. Fernández-Figueroa,
  • María Luisa Hernández Medel,
  • César Rivera Benítez,
  • Ingeborg Becker

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1590/s1678-9946201961016
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 61, no. 0

Abstract

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ABSTRACT Murine typhus is endemic in several countries. We herein report an imported case of murine typhus caused by Rickettsia typhi in Mexico City. This is the first report of a case after almost 20 years since the last report. The species was confirmed by DNA sequencing and phylogenetic reconstruction.

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