Tag Archive for PRO/EDR> Rocky Mountain spotted fever – Panama: fatalities
PRO/EDR> Rocky Mountain spotted fever – Panama: fatalities
Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever -- PanamaThe 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 Read more [...]
