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Mem. Inst. Oswaldo Cruz
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106(1): 117-118, Feb. 2011. tab
Article
in English
| LILACS
| ID: lil-578827
ABSTRACT
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.