Calic, Simone BergerGalvão, Márcio Antônio MoreiraBacellar, FátimaRocha, Christiane Maria Barcellos Magalhães daMafra, Cláudio LísiasLeite, Romário CerqueiraWalker, David Hughes2015-12-022015-12-022004CALIC, S. B. et al. Human ehrlichioses in Brazil: first suspect cases. The Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases, v. 8, n.3, p. 259-262, 2004. Disponível em: <http://www.scielo.br/pdf/bjid/v8n3/21625.pdf>. Acesso em: 21 out. 2015.1678-4391http://www.repositorio.ufop.br/handle/123456789/5862Brazilian spotted fever (BSF) rickettsiosis is the most common and recognized of the human rickettsioses in Brazil. It is difficult to establish the diagnosis of human rickettsiosis infection by routine microbiologic methods, creating a false idea that Rickettsia and Ehrlichia infections are rare and without importance. New tick-borne diseases, like Human Granulocytic Anaplasmosis (HGA) and Human Monocytic Ehrlichiosis (HME), have been described in many countries. These diseases can present symptoms similar to rickettsioses of the spotted fever group, and they are transmitted by ixodid ticks. The first two suspected cases of human ehrlichiosis in Brazil were first considered to be cases of BSF. The differential diagnosis was made at the Minas Gerais Rickettsiosis Public Health Laboratory. The clinical and laboratory findings, with positive serology for the HME agent, indicated suspected cases of human ehrlichioses in Brazil.en-USRickettsiosesBrazilian spotted feverArtigo publicado em periodicoTodo o conteúdo do periódico The Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases, exceto onde identificado, está sob uma licença Creative Commons que permite copiar, distribuir e transmitir o trabalho em qualquer suporte ou formato desde que sejam citados o autor e o licenciante. Não permite o uso para fins comerciais nem a adaptação. Fonte: The Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases <http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_serial&pid=1413-8670&lng=en&nrm=iso>. Acesso em: 19 ago. 2019.http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/S1413-86702004000300011