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ArticleClinical case reports2018

Epidemiologic profile and clinical course of four confirmed rickettsiosis cases in Southern Mexico during 2016.

Karla R Dzul-Rosado, Nina Mendez, Cesar Lugo-Caballero, Jorge E Zavala-Castro, Salvador Gomez-Carro

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Article in Clinical case reports, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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4 citing papers in PubMed.

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  3. Molecular identification of zoonoticThe Indian journal of medical research · 2021
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Karla R Dzul-RosadoLaboratorio de enfermedades emergentes y reemergentes Centro de Investigaciones Regionales Dr. Hideyo Noguchi Universidad Autonoma de Yucatan Merida México.
Nina MendezSchool of Medicine, Health Sciences Campus Universidad Marista de Merida Merida México.ORCID 0000-0002-0230-0731
Cesar Lugo-CaballeroLaboratorio de enfermedades emergentes y reemergentes Centro de Investigaciones Regionales Dr. Hideyo Noguchi Universidad Autonoma de Yucatan Merida México.
Jorge E Zavala-CastroLaboratorio de enfermedades emergentes y reemergentes Centro de Investigaciones Regionales Dr. Hideyo Noguchi Universidad Autonoma de Yucatan Merida México.
Salvador Gomez-CarroHospital Epidemiology Department Epidemiologic Surveillance Unit at O'Horan General Hospital Merida México.

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Domestic animals can carry ticks or fleas, which constitute common vectors of rickettsial infections. The contact with them should be considered as suggestive of rickettsial infections in symptomatic patients. Misdiagnosis might occur in regions where other vector-borne diseases are endemic. Anamnesis is essential for an accurate clinical diagnosis.

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PMCPMC5771939

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