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Emergence of Rickettsia africae, Oceania

We detected Rickettsia africae, the agent of African tick-bite fever (ATBF), by amplification of fragments of gltA, ompA, and ompB genes from 3 specimens of Amblyomma loculosum ticks collected from humans and birds in New Caledonia. Clinicians who treat persons in this region should be on alert for...

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Autores principales: Eldin, Carole, Mediannikov, Oleg, Davoust, Bernard, Cabre, Olivier, Barré, Nicolas, Raoult, Didier, Parola, Philippe
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2011
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3204645/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21192865
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1701.101081