Author(s)

Otília Lupi^1*, Eula Carvalho¹, Tatiana Rozental², Alexsandra Rodrigues de Mendonça Favacho², Elba Regina Sampaio de Lemos², Patricia Brasil¹

¹Laboratório de Doenças Febris Agudas, Instituto Nacional de Infectologia Evandro Chagas (INI), Fundação Oswaldo Cruz (FIOCRUZ), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
²Laboratório de Hantaviroses e Rickettsioses, Instituto Oswaldo Cruz (IOC), Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, (FIOCRUZ), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Brazilian spotted fever and bartonellosis are zoonotic, emerging and under diagnosed diseases. Pets may be co-infected by multiple pathogens and become transmissions sources to humans. The study reports the first case of active co-infection by Brazilian spotted fever and bartonellosis based on serological evidence. The authors aim to demonstrate the importance of performing systematic syndromic investigations on nonspecific febrile syndromes, guided by the epidemiological history and considering the possibility of co-infection by zoonosis sharing the same ecological niche.

Rickettsia rickettsia, Bartonella henselae, Brazilian Spotted Fever, Bartonellosis, Co-Infection

Lupi, O. , Carvalho, E. , Rozental, T. , Mendonça Favacho, A. , Sampaio de Lemos, E. and Brasil, P. (2016) Serological Evidence of Human Coinfection by Brazilian Spotted Fever and Bartonellosis. International Journal of Clinical Medicine, 7, 766-770. doi: 10.4236/ijcm.2016.711083.