Rocky Mountain spotted fever is a neglected tropical disease in Latin America

• Gerardo Álvarez-Hernández ,

  * E-mail: gerardo.alvarez@unison.mx

  Affiliation Department of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Sonora, Hermosillo, Sonora, Mexico

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7930-4829

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• Christopher D. Paddock,

  Roles Conceptualization, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

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• David H. Walker,

  Roles Conceptualization, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Pathology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, United States of America

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• Jesus G. Valenzuela,

  Roles Conceptualization, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Vector Molecular Biology Section, Laboratory of Malaria and Vector Research, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Rockville, Maryland, United States of America

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• J. R. Tadeo Calleja-López,

  Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Sonora, Hermosillo, Sonora, Mexico

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• Cristian Noé Rivera-Rosas,

  Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Sonora, Hermosillo, Sonora, Mexico

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• Rogerio Rafael Sotelo-Mundo

  Roles Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Centro de Investigación en Alimentación y Desarrollo A.C., Hermosillo, Sonora, México

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