Spotted Fever Group Rickettsioses in Israel, 2010–2019

Spotted Fever Group Rickettsioses in Israel, 2010–2019

In a multicenter, nationwide, retrospective study of patients hospitalized with spotted fever group rickettsiosis in Israel during 2010–2019, we identified 42 cases, of which 36 were autochthonous. The most prevalent species was the Rickettsia conorii Israeli tick typhus strain (n = 33, 79%); infec...

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Main Authors: Regev Cohen, Talya Finn, Frida Babushkin, Yael Paran, Ronen Ben Ami, Alaa Atamna, Sharon Reisfeld, Gabriel Weber, Neta Petersiel, Hiba Zayyad, Eyal Leshem, Miriam Weinberger, Yasmin Maor, Nicola Makhoul, Lior Nesher, Galia Zaide, Dar Klein, Adi Beth-Din, Yafit Atiya-Nasagi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2021-08-01
Series:Emerging Infectious Diseases
Subjects:
R. conorii Israeli tick typhus strain
Rickettsia conorii israelensis
R. conorii Malish strain
Rickettsia conorii conorii
Rickettsia africae
spotted fever group rickettsiosis
Online Access:https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/27/8/20-3661_article

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