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Volume 14, Number 12—December 2008
Dispatch

Rickettsia parkeri in Argentina

Santiago Nava, Yasmin Elshenawy, Marina E. Eremeeva, John W. Sumner, Mariano Mastropaolo, and Christopher D. PaddockComments to Author 
Author affiliations: Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria, Santa Fe, Argentina (S. Nava, M. Mastropaolo); Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA (Y. Elshenawy, M.E. Eremeeva, J.W. Sumner, C.D. Paddock)

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A) Location of study area in the lower Paraná River Delta of Argentina. B) Tick collection sites along the Paraná River (dark circles) and a recently reported case of eschar-associated rickettsiosis (open circle) identified by clinicians in Buenos Aires Province, Argentina (7).

Figure 2. A) Location of study area in the lower Paraná River Delta of Argentina. B) Tick collection sites along the Paraná River (dark circles) and a recently reported case of eschar-associated rickettsiosis (open circle) identified by clinicians in Buenos Aires Province, Argentina (7).

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