title: Boutonneuse fever in Portugal: 1995-2000. Data of a state laboratory.
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.
authors.affiliation: Centro de Estudos de Vectores e Doenças Infecciosas-Instituto Nacional de Saúde (CEVDI-INSA), Aguas de Moura, Portugal. Fatima.Bacellar@insa.min-saude.pt
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Bacellar
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Sousa
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Santos
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Santos-Silva
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Parola
mesh_terms: D001907:Boutonneuse Fever; D003141:Communicable Diseases; D006801:Humans; D011174:Portugal