Outbreak of Rocky Mountain spotted fever in Córdoba, Colombia

Marylin Hidalgo, Jorge Miranda, Damaris Heredia, Pilar Zambrano, Juan F Vesga, Diana Lizarazo, Salim Máttar, Gustavo Valbuena

Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz · 2011 · 56 citations · 5 references

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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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