Brazilian spotted fever: two faces of a same disease? A comparative study of clinical aspects between an old and a new endemic area in Brazil

• DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-0691.2008.02160.x
• Publication Date: 2009-04-15T09:35:18Z
• Authors: R.N. Angerami; A.M.R. da Silva; E.M.M. Nascimento; S. Colombo; M.Y. Wada; F.C.P. dos Santos; D.M. Mancini; R.C. de Oliveira; G. Katz; E.C. Martins; L.J. da Silva
• Keywords: Microbiology (medical); 0301 basic medicine; Databases, Factual; Endemic Diseases; Rickettsia rickettsii; Rickettsia Infections; Antibodies, Bacterial; Medical Records; 03 medical and health sciences; Infectious Diseases; Tick-Borne Diseases; Humans; Serologic Tests; Fluorescent Antibody Technique, Indirect; Brazil; Retrospective Studies

Nucleo de Vigilância Epidemiologica, Servico de Epidemiologia Hospitalar, Hospital das Clinicas, Universidade Estadual de Campinas ⁄UNICAMP, Campinas ⁄ SP, Brazil, Diretoria de Vigilância Epidemiologica-SES ⁄ SC, Florianopolis ⁄ SC, Brazil, Divisao de Biologia Medica, Servico de Virologia, Setor de Riquetsias, Instituto Adolfo Lutz-SES ⁄ SP, Sao Paulo ⁄ SP, Brazil, Secretaria de Vigilância em Saude, Ministerio da Saude-SVS ⁄MS, Brasilia ⁄DF, Brazil, Centro de Vigilância Epidemiologica ‘‘Prof. Alexandre Vranjac’’-SES ⁄ SP, Sao Paulo ⁄ SP, Brazil and Disciplina de Molestias Infecciosas, Faculdade de Ciencias Medicas, Universidade Estadual de Campinas ⁄UNICAMP, Campinas ⁄ SP, Brazil and Epidemiology Group Novartis Vaccines and Diagnostics s.r.l., Siena, Italy