Epidemic typhus imported from Algeria.

We report epidemic typhus in a French patient returning from Algeria. The diagnosis was confirmed by serologic testing and the isolation of Rickettsia prowazekii in blood. Initially the patient was thought to have typhoid fever. Because body lice are prevalent in industrialized regions, the introduc...

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Autores principales: Niang, M, Brouqui, P, Raoult, D
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 1999
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2627712/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10511530
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description We report epidemic typhus in a French patient returning from Algeria. The diagnosis was confirmed by serologic testing and the isolation of Rickettsia prowazekii in blood. Initially the patient was thought to have typhoid fever. Because body lice are prevalent in industrialized regions, the introduction of typhus to pediculosis-endemic areas poses a serious public health risk.
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spelling pubmed-26277122009-05-20 Epidemic typhus imported from Algeria. Niang, M Brouqui, P Raoult, D Emerg Infect Dis Research Article We report epidemic typhus in a French patient returning from Algeria. The diagnosis was confirmed by serologic testing and the isolation of Rickettsia prowazekii in blood. Initially the patient was thought to have typhoid fever. Because body lice are prevalent in industrialized regions, the introduction of typhus to pediculosis-endemic areas poses a serious public health risk. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 1999 /pmc/articles/PMC2627712/ /pubmed/10511530 Text en https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is a publication of the U.S. Government. This publication is in the public domain and is therefore without copyright. All text from this work may be reprinted freely. Use of these materials should be properly cited.
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Epidemic typhus imported from Algeria.
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title_full Epidemic typhus imported from Algeria.
title_fullStr Epidemic typhus imported from Algeria.
title_full_unstemmed Epidemic typhus imported from Algeria.
title_short Epidemic typhus imported from Algeria.
title_sort epidemic typhus imported from algeria.
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2627712/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10511530
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