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EMERGING INFECTIOUS DISEASES
Volume 16, Issue 3, Pages 521-523Publisher
CENTERS DISEASE CONTROL
DOI: 10.3201/eid1603.091338
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- Fundacao de Amparo a Pesquisa do Estado de Sao Paulo
- Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Cientifico e Tecnologico
- Ministry of Health of Brazil
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We report a clinical case of spotted fever group rickettsiosis acquired in Sao Paulo, Brazil, Definitive diagnosis was supported by seroconversion between acute-phase and convalescent-phase serum samples. Molecular analysis of skin samples indicated the agent was a novel spotted fever group strain closely related to Rickettsia africae, R. parked, and R. sibirica.
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