title: [Latinamerican guidelines of RIICER for diagnosis of tick-borne rickettsioses].
abstract: Tick-borne rickettsioses are worldwide infectious diseases that are considered emerging and re-emerging. Until recently the only tick-borne rickettsiosis present in Latin America was Rickettsia rickettsii infection, but to date, with the incorporation of new tools as PCR and sequencing and the quick cellular close tube cultures (Shell-vial), new species has been involved as human pathogens. In these guidelines, we offer an update of the microbiological assays for diagnosing rickettsioses. Besides we have included a section in which the most important hard ticks involved in human rickettsioses in Latinoamerica are detailed.
authors.forename: José A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Oteo
authors.forename: Santiago
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Nava
authors.forename: Rita de
authors.initials: Rd
authors.lastname: Sousa
authors.forename: Salim
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Mattar
authors.forename: José M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Venzal
authors.forename: Katia
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Abarca
authors.forename: Marcelo B
authors.initials: MB
authors.lastname: Labruna
authors.forename: Jorge
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Zavala-Castro
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001096:Arachnid Vectors / Q000382:microbiology*; D018929:Cell Culture Techniques; D019084:Fluorescent Antibody Technique, Indirect; D006801:Humans; D007843:Latin America; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D012281:Rickettsia / Q000145:classification* / Q000302:isolation & purification; D012282:Rickettsia Infections / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000382:microbiology / Q000635:transmission; D012373:Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000382:microbiology; D017282:Tick-Borne Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000382:microbiology; D013987:Ticks / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000145:classification / Q000382:microbiology*