title: Rocky Mountain spotted fever, Colombia.
abstract: We investigated 2 fatal cases of Rocky Mountain spotted fever that occurred in 2003 and 2004 near the same locality in Colombia where the disease was first reported in the 1930s. A retrospective serosurvey of febrile patients showed that > 21% of the serum samples had antibodies aaainst spotted fever group rickettsiae.
authors.affiliation: Instituto Nacional de Salud, Bogota, Colombia.
authors.forename: Marylin
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hidalgo
authors.forename: Leonora
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Orejuela
authors.forename: Patricia
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Fuya
authors.forename: Pilar
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Carrillo
authors.forename: Jorge
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Hernandez
authors.forename: Edgar
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Parra
authors.forename: Colette
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Keng
authors.forename: Melissa
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Small
authors.forename: Juan P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Olano
authors.forename: Donald
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Bouyer
authors.forename: Elizabeth
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Castaneda
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Walker
authors.forename: Gustavo
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Valbuena
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000818:Animals; D000907:Antibodies, Bacterial / Q000097:blood*; D001096:Arachnid Vectors / Q000382:microbiology*; D003105:Colombia / Q000453:epidemiology; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011247:Pregnancy; D011251:Pregnancy Complications, Infectious / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000401:mortality; D012284:Rickettsia rickettsii / Q000276:immunology*; D012373:Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000401:mortality / Q000635:transmission; D018571:Sentinel Surveillance; D013987:Ticks / Q000382:microbiology*
chemical_list: D000907:Antibodies, Bacterial