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EMERGING INFECTIOUS DISEASES
Volume 27, Issue 4, Pages 1245-1247Publisher
CENTERS DISEASE CONTROL & PREVENTION
DOI: 10.3201/eid2704.201606
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- Gorgas Memorial Institute's Bioethics Committee of Investigation [582/CBI/ICGES/19]
- Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee [01-2020]
- US HHS-ASPR Cooperative Agreement funds [IDSEP 170040]
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New cases of Rocky Mountain spotted fever were reported in patients from Kinkantu, Ngabe-Bugle indigenous comarca, Panama. Rickettsia rickettsii was isolated in cell culture after inoculation of guinea pigs with tissues from a deceased patient, indicating the emergence of the disease in the region.
We report new cases of Rocky Mountain spotted fever in patients from Kinkantu, Ngabe-Bugle indigenous comarca, Panama. We isolated Rickettsia rickettsii in cell culture after intraperitoneal inoculation of guinea pigs with tissues from a deceased patient. Our results indicate that Rocky Mountain spotted fever is emerging in this region.
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