Abstract
The present study is an update review on the occurrence and diagnosis of rickettsial diseases in Brazil and Portugal, aiming at promoting their epidemiological surveillance in both countries. A literature review was carried out and unpublished data of laboratories and surveillance systems were presented. The results described the occurrence of rickettsial diseases and infections in Brazil and Portugal, including other new and still poorly understood rickettsial infections. Current diagnostic methods were discussed. As in many other countries, rickettsial diseases and infections seem to be an emerging public health problem. Treated as a minor problem for many decades, the interest in these infections has increased in both countries but further studies are needed to establish their role as a public health problem.
Highlights
The initiative for an update emerged from a collaboration between institutions working on rickettsial disease research in Brazil and Portugal
There is a growing concern in public health about rickettsial diseases as they are transmitted by arthropod vectors and exist worldwide in endemic foci.[6] limaea), Ehrlichia, and Anaplasma.[6]
The present review focused on the genus Rickettsia only
Summary
Rickettsial diseases in Brazil and Portugal: occurrence, distribution and diagnosis. Márcio Antonio Moreira Galvãoa, Luiz Jacintho da Silvab, Elvira Maria Mendes Nascimentoc, Simone Berger Calicd, Rita de Sousae and Fátima Bacellare aDepartamento de Nutrição. Secretaria de Estado de Saúde de São Paulo. Secretaria de Estado da Saúde de Minas Gerais. ECentro de Estudos de Vectores e Doenças Infecciosas. Instituto Nacional de Saúde Dr Ricardo Jorge.
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