Rickettsia felis Infection, Tunisia

We report, for the first time, serologic evidence of Rickettsia felis and R. aeschlimannii infections acquired in Tunisia from 1998 to 2003. We found that most patients with antibodies against both R. conorii and R. typhi had serologic evidence of R. felis infection.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Abir Znazen, Jean-Marc Rolain, Nader Hammami, Adnane Hammami, Mounir Ben Jemaa, Didier Raoult
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2006-01-01
Series:Emerging Infectious Diseases
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Online Access:https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/12/1/05-0876_article