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Eschar-associated Spotted Fever Rickettsiosis, Bahia, Brazil

Nanci Silva, Marina E. Eremeeva, Tatiana Rozental, Guilherme S. Ribeiro, Christopher D. Paddock, Eduardo Antônio Gonçalves Ramos, Alexsandra Rodrigues de Mendonça Favacho, Mitermayer Galvão dos Reis, Gregory A. Dasch, Elba Regina Sampaio de Lemos,

Emerging infectious diseases · 2011 · 145 citations · 14 references

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In Brazil, Brazilian spotted fever was once considered the only tick-borne rickettsial disease. We report eschar-associated rickettsial disease that occurred after a tick bite. The etiologic agent is most related to Rickettsia parkeri, R. africae, and R. sibirica and probably widely distributed from Sao Paulo to Bahia in the Atlantic Forest.

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