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Flea-borne Rickettsia species in fleas, Caldas department, Colombia.
Journal of infection in developing countries - 31 Oct 2020
Colonia Carol B, Ramírez-Hernández Alejandro, Gil-Mora Juliana, Agudelo Juan C, Castaño Villa Gabriel Jaime, Pino Camilo, Betancourt-Ruiz Paola, Pérez Cárdenas Jorge E, Blanton Lucas S, Hidalgo Marylin
Abstract excerpt
INTRODUCTION: Rickettsioses are zoonotic diseases caused by pathogenic bacteria of the genus Rickettsia and transmitted to man by means of arthropod vectors such as ticks, fleas, mites and lice. Historically, Caldas Department has reported a significant number of cases of murine typhus to the Colombian national health surveillance system, and consequent studies of flea-borne rickettsiosis identified the...
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