Fatal case of Brazilian spotted fever confirmed by immunohistochemical staining and sequencing methods on fixed tissues

Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Oswaldo Cruz. Departamento de Virologia. Laboratório de Hantaviroses e Rickettsioses. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. National Center of Infectious Diseases. Division of Viral and Rickettsial Diseases. Viral and Rickettsial Zoonoses Branch. Atlanta, Georgia, USA.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. National Center of Infectious Diseases. Division of Viral and Rickettsial Diseases. Infectious Disease Pathology Activity. Atlanta, Georgia, USA.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. National Center of Infectious Diseases. Division of Viral and Rickettsial Diseases. Infectious Disease Pathology Activity. Atlanta, Georgia, USA.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. National Center of Infectious Diseases. Division of Viral and Rickettsial Diseases. Viral and Rickettsial Zoonoses Branch. Atlanta, Georgia, USA.
Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Oswaldo Cruz. Departamento de Virologia. Laboratório de Hantaviroses e Rickettsioses. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil.

Abstract

The authors describe the first characterization of Rickettsia rickettsii in a fatal case occurring in Rio de Janeiro State, Brazil.

Keywords in Portuguese

Febre maculosa brasileira
Técnica imuno-histoquímica
Reação em cadeia da polimerase
Sequência

Keywords

Brazilian spotted fever
Immunohistochemical technique
PCR
Sequence

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Wiley

Citation

ROZENTAL, Tatiana et al. Fatal Case of Brazilian Spotted Fever Confirmed by Immunohistochemical Staining and Sequencing Methods on Fixed Tissues. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, v. 1078, p. 257-259, 2006.

DOI

10.1196/annals.1374.046

ISSN

0077-8923

Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://www.arca.fiocruz.br/handle/icict/39630

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2025-01-01

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