Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever -- Panama
The health authorities of Panama confirmed today, 3 Apr 2017, the deaths of 2 children due to rickettsiosis, a tick-borne disease that is very rare in the country. "At first, it was thought that it could be a serious dengue. The studies and the tests of dengue were negative," local health director of the Ministry of Health (Minsa) Itza Barahona explained on local television.
One of the minors was 8 years old and lived in El Valle de Antón, a mountainous town in the interior that belongs to
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