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Isolation of Rickettsia rickettsii in Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever Outbreak, Panama.


ABSTRACT: We report new cases of Rocky Mountain spotted fever in patients from Kinkantu, Ngäbe-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.

SUBMITTER: Zaldivar Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8007289 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Isolation of Rickettsia rickettsii in Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever Outbreak, Panama.

Zaldívar Yamitzel Y   Hernández Michelle M   Domínguez Lillian L   Saénz Lisseth L   Montilla Santiago S   de Antinori Maria E Barnett MEB   Krawczak Felipe S FS   Bermúdez Sergio S  

Emerging infectious diseases 20210401 4


We report new cases of Rocky Mountain spotted fever in patients from Kinkantu, Ngäbe-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. ...[more]

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