Infecção rickettsial em Cerro Largo, Rio Grande do Sul

Authors :: Maria Ogrzewalska
R.B. Hilger
Marcelo Bahia Labruna
L. A. Sangioni
Gustavo Cauduro Cadore
R. Tonim
F.F.S. Vogel
Richard de Campos Pacheco
Source :: Arquivo Brasileiro de Medicina Veterinária e Zootecnia v.63 n.2 2011, Arquivo brasileiro de medicina veterinária e zootecnia, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (UFMG), instacron:UFMG, Arquivo Brasileiro de Medicina Veterinária e Zootecnia, Vol 63, Iss 2, Pp 511-514 (2011), Repositório Institucional da USP (Biblioteca Digital da Produção Intelectual), Universidade de São Paulo (USP), instacron:USP, Arquivo Brasileiro de Medicina Veterinária e Zootecnia, Volume: 63, Issue: 2, Pages: 511-514, Published: APR 2011, ResearcherID
Publication Year :: 2011
Publisher :: FapUNIFESP (SciELO), 2011.
Abstract: species are capable of infecting vertebrates including humans, to whom they are vectored mostly by ticks (Weinert et al., 2009). In 2005, there was the first reported case of spotted fever group (SFG) rickettsiosis in Rio Grande do Sul, in a patient from Cerro Largo municipality who developed headache, arthralgia, generalized body aches, nasal secretion, and fever 20 days after a tick bite on his back. Since only one serum sample was collected from this patient (during the acute phase), which reacted positively (titer >64) against