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Boutonneuse fever in Portugal: 1995-2000. Data of a state laboratory
F Bacellar1, R Sousa, A Santos
1Centro de Estudos de Vectores e Doenças Infecciosas-Instituto Nacional de Saúde (CEVDI-INSA), Aguas de Moura, Portugal. Fatima.Bacellar@insa.min-saude.pt
European Journal of Epidemiology
|June 13, 2003
Abstract:
From 1995 through 2000, 3239 clinical samples were tested for rickettsiosis at the Center for Vectors and Infectious Diseases Research--National Health Institute in Portugal. Boutonneuse fever due to R. conorii Malish or R. conorii Israel was laboratory confirmed in 374 samples (11.5%). Clinical and epidemiological features are discussed.