New Foci of Spotted Fever Group Rickettsiae Including Rickettsia honei in Western Australia

We describe the first reported case of spotted fever group rickettsiosis in Western Australia, and two cases of probable Rickettsia honei from a new geographic focus. These findings highlight the need to raise awareness of ricksettsial infection among local clinicians as well as those treating visit...

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Autores principales: Raby, Edward, Pearn, Toby, Marangou, Andreas G., Merritt, Adam J., Murray, Ronan J., Dyer, John R., Graves, Stephen R.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: MDPI 2016
Materias:
Communication
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6082045/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30270856
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/tropicalmed1010005
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Sumario:We describe the first reported case of spotted fever group rickettsiosis in Western Australia, and two cases of probable Rickettsia honei from a new geographic focus. These findings highlight the need to raise awareness of ricksettsial infection among local clinicians as well as those treating visitors to this region, important for outdoor recreation.

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