title: Molecular characterization of mediterranean spotted fever rickettsia isolated from a European traveler in the state of São Paulo, Brazil.
abstract: Rickettsial spotted fever is common in southeastern Brazil. Differential diagnosis of pathogens can be performed with proper laboratory methods. A traveler arriving from Portugal developed a fatal febrile hemorrhagic syndrome diagnosed as spotted fever rickettsiosis. We isolated the agent, which was identified as Rickettsia conorii conorii by sequencing rickettsial genes.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Parasitologia, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil. fgehrke@usp.br
authors.forename: Flávia S
authors.initials: FS
authors.lastname: Gehrke
authors.forename: Rodrigo N
authors.initials: RN
authors.lastname: Angerami
authors.forename: Mauro T
authors.initials: MT
authors.lastname: Marrelli
authors.forename: Eliana R
authors.initials: ER
authors.lastname: de Souza
authors.forename: Elvira M M
authors.initials: EM
authors.lastname: do Nascimento
authors.forename: Silvia
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Colombo
authors.forename: Luiz J
authors.initials: LJ
authors.lastname: da Silva
authors.forename: Teresinha T S
authors.initials: TT
authors.lastname: Schumaker
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001907:Boutonneuse Fever / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology / Q000635:transmission; D001938:Brazil / Q000453:epidemiology; D004269:DNA, Bacterial; D004197:Disease Reservoirs / Q000382:microbiology; D004285:Dogs; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005798:Genes, Bacterial; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011174:Portugal; D020114:Rickettsia conorii / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000472:pathogenicity; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA / Q000379:methods*; D012689:Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid; D061665:Time-to-Treatment; D014195:Travel; D015047:Zoonoses / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology / Q000635:transmission
chemical_list: D004269:DNA, Bacterial