Eschar-associated spotted fever rickettsiosis, Bahia, Brazil.

Medicine and Public Health School of Bahia, Salvador, Brazil.

Emerging infectious diseases 2011 Feb

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In Brazil, Brazilian spotted fever was once considered the only tick-borne rickettsial disease. We report eschar-associated rickettsial disease that occurred after a tick bite. The etiologic agent is most related to Rickettsia parkeri, R. africae, and R. sibirica and probably widely distributed from Sao Paulo to Bahia in the Atlantic Forest.

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Nanci Silva, Marina E Eremeeva, Tatiana Rozental, Guilherme S Ribeiro, Christopher D Paddock, Eduardo Antonio G Ramos, Alexsandra R M Favacho, Mitermayer G Reis, Gregory A Dasch, Elba R S de Lemos, Albert I Ko. Eschar-associated spotted fever rickettsiosis, Bahia, Brazil. Emerging infectious diseases. 2011 Feb;17(2):275-8