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Stefan Vilges de Oliveira, Álvaro A Faccini-Martínez, Talita Emile Ribeiro Adelino

Emerging Infectious Diseases

|March 19, 2020

Abstract:

We report a fatal case of Rocky Mountain spotted fever (RMSF) in a man in Brazil without recent history of tick bites or environmental exposure. He received an accidental needlestick while working as a nurse. The nurse and his patient died. Both cases were confirmed as RMSF by molecular methods.

Keywords:

Brazil RMSF Rickettsia Rickettsia rickettsii Rocky Mountain spotted fever bacteria needlestick injuries rickettsial infections tickborne diseases vector-borne infections zoonoses

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