{"id":1302,"date":"2020-10-09T15:29:00","date_gmt":"2020-10-09T15:29:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/unasaludchile.uchile.cl\/?p=1302"},"modified":"2020-10-09T19:26:48","modified_gmt":"2020-10-09T19:26:48","slug":"stec-en-chile","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/unasaludchile.uchile.cl\/index.php\/2020\/10\/09\/stec-en-chile\/","title":{"rendered":"Evidence of Q Fever and Rickettsial Disease in Chile"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"1302\" class=\"elementor elementor-1302\" data-elementor-settings=\"[]\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-section-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"penci-section penci-disSticky penci-structure-10 elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-205bf09c elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"205bf09c\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"penci-ercol-100 penci-ercol-order-1 penci-sticky-ct  elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-2df7924f\" data-id=\"2df7924f\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"theiaStickySidebar elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6ffc8756 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6ffc8756\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\"><p>Q fever and rickettsial diseases occur throughout the world and appear to be emergent<br>zoonoses in Chile. The diagnosis of these diseases is currently uncommon in Chile, as their clinical<br>presentations are non-specific and appropriate diagnostic laboratory assays are of limited availability.<br>During a recent outbreak of undiagnosed human atypical pneumonia, we serologically investigated<br>a series of 357 cases from three regions of southern Chile. The aim was to identify those caused<br>by Coxiella burnetii and\/or Rickettsia spp. Serological analysis was performed by ELISA and an<br>immunofluorescence assay (IFA) for acute and convalescence sera of patients. Our results, including<br>data from two international reference laboratories, demonstrate that 71 (20%) of the cases were Q fever,<br>and 44 (15%) were a likely rickettsial infection, although the rickettsial species could not be confirmed<br>by serology. This study is the first report of endemic Q fever and rickettsial disease a\u000becting humans<br>in Chile.<\/p>\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"penci-section penci-disSticky penci-structure-10 elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-ca9702b elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"ca9702b\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"penci-ercol-100 penci-ercol-order-1 penci-sticky-ct  elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-23cfed3\" data-id=\"23cfed3\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div 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