First Identification and Description of Rickettsioses and Q Fever as Causes of Acute Febrile Illness in Nicaragua

Megan E. Reller; Ijeuru Chikeka; Jeremy J. Miles; J. Stephen Dumler; Christopher W. Woods; Orlando Mayorga; Armando J. Matute

doi:10.1371/journal.pntd.0005185

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First Identification and Description of Rickettsioses and Q Fever as Causes of Acute Febrile Illness in Nicaragua

Megan E. Reller ,

* E-mail: megan.reller@duke.edu

Current address: Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC, United States of America

Affiliations Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America, Hubert-Yeargan Center for Global Health, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America
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Ijeuru Chikeka,

Affiliation Department of Pathology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America
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Jeremy J. Miles,

Affiliation Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America
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J. Stephen Dumler,

Current address: Department of Pathology, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, Joint Pathology Center, Bethesda, MD, United States of America

Affiliation Department of Pathology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America
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Christopher W. Woods,

Affiliations Hubert-Yeargan Center for Global Health, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America, Division of Infectious Diseases and International Health, Department of Medicine, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America
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Orlando Mayorga,

Affiliation Hospital Escuela Oscar Danilo Rosales Arguello, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Nicaragua, León, Nicaragua
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Armando J. Matute

Affiliation Hospital Escuela Oscar Danilo Rosales Arguello, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Nicaragua, León, Nicaragua
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First Identification and Description of Rickettsioses and Q Fever as Causes of Acute Febrile Illness in Nicaragua

Megan E. Reller,
Ijeuru Chikeka,
Jeremy J. Miles,
J. Stephen Dumler,
Christopher W. Woods,
Orlando Mayorga,
Armando J. Matute

Published: December 30, 2016
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0005185

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