Human Rickettsia felis Infection, Canary Islands, Spain

Autor:	Jose-Luis Pérez-Arellano, Florence Fenollar, Alfonso Angel-Moreno, Margarita Bolaños, Michele Hernández, Evora Santana, Marion Hemmersbach-Miller, Antonio-M Martín, Didier Raoult
Jazyk:	angličtina
Rok vydání:	2005
Předmět:	Rickettsia felis human infection fleas Western-Blot serology Canary Island Spain Medicine Infectious and parasitic diseases RC109-216
Zdroj:	Emerging Infectious Diseases, Vol 11, Iss 12, Pp 1961-1964 (2005)
Druh dokumentu:	article
ISSN:	1080-6040 1080-6059
DOI:	10.3201/eid1112.050711
Popis:	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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