Murine typhus in Mexico City: report of an imported case.

Rev Inst Med Trop Sao Paulo

Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Facultad de Medicina, Centro de Medicina Tropical, Unidad de Investigación en Medicina Experimental, Ciudad de México, México.

Published: March 2019

Murine typhus is endemic in several countries. We herein report an imported case of murine typhus caused by Rickettsia typhi in Mexico City. This is the first report of a case after almost 20 years since the last report. The species was confirmed by DNA sequencing and phylogenetic reconstruction.

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http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6413773PMC
http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/S1678-9946201961016DOI Listing

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