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Evidence of exposure to Rickettsia felis in Australian patients

Rickettsia felis is an emerging zoonosis, causing flea-borne spotted fever (FBSF). Serological diagnosis is typically confounded by cross-reactivity with typhus group rickettsiae and prior to the development of specific serological methods, cases of FBSF in Australia were misdiagnosed. Patient sera...

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Autores principales: Teoh, Yen Thon, Hii, Sze Fui, Graves, Stephen, Rees, Robert, Stenos, John, Traub, Rebecca J.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5441329/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28616481
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.onehlt.2016.06.001