Emerging Infectious Diseases (Sep 2023)

Rickettsial Disease Outbreak, Mexico, 2022

  • Ricardo J. Estrada-Mendizabal,
  • Oscar Tamez-Rivera,
  • Emelina Hinojosa Vela,
  • Paulina Blanco-Murillo,
  • Cordelia Alanis-Garza,
  • Jaime Flores-Gouyonnet,
  • Jessica Suhail Sauceda Garza,
  • Gloria Yolanda Carranza Medina,
  • Lilia Elida García Rodriguez,
  • Alma Rosa Marroquin Escamilla

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3201/eid2909.230344
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 29, no. 9
pp. 1944 – 1947

Abstract

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Beginning in 2022, Nuevo Leon, Mexico, experienced an outbreak of rickettsioses that is still ongoing despite multidisciplinary control efforts. A total of 57 cases have been confirmed, particularly affecting children. We report a high mortality rate among hospitalized persons in Nuevo Leon. Continuing efforts are required to control the outbreak.

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