Human Rickettsia felis Infection, Canary Islands, Spain

We report the first cases of human infection by Rickettsia felis in the Canary Islands. Antibodies against R. felis were found in 5 adsorbed serum samples from 44 patients with clinically suspected rickettsiosis by Western blot serology. Fleas from 1 patient's dog were positive for R. felis by...

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Autores principales: Pérez-Arellano, Jose-Luis, Fenollar, Florence, Angel-Moreno, Alfonso, Bolaños, Margarita, Hernández, Michele, Santana, Evora, Hemmersbach-Miller, Marion, Martín, Antonio-M, Raoult, Didier
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2005
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Dispatch
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3367641/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16485491
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1112.050711
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Sumario:We report the first cases of human infection by Rickettsia felis in the Canary Islands. Antibodies against R. felis were found in 5 adsorbed serum samples from 44 patients with clinically suspected rickettsiosis by Western blot serology. Fleas from 1 patient's dog were positive for R. felis by polymerase chain reaction.

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