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, with the aim of knowing its burden in the country.
Source: Ticks and Tick borne Diseases - Category: Zoology Source Type: research
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