Studies of Spotted Fever Rickettsia - Distribution, Detection, Diagnosis and Clinical Context : With a Focus on Vectors and Patients in Sweden

Studies of Spotted Fever Rickettsia - Distribution, Detection, Diagnosis and Clinical Context : With a Focus on Vectors and Patients in Sweden

The spotted fever rickettsia, Rickettsia helvetica, is an endemic tick-borne bacteria in Sweden. It causes infections in humans, manifested as aneruptive fever, headache, arthralgia and myalgia, and sometimes an inoculation eschar or a rash. There have also been two known cases of human infections w...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Wallménius, Katarina
Format: Doctoral Thesis
Language:English
Published: Uppsala universitet, Institutionen för medicinska vetenskaper 2016
Subjects:
tick-borne infections
co-infections
ticks
Ixodes ricinus
zoonosis
Rickettsia helvetica
migrating birds
Bell’s pares
erythema migrans
Rickettsia aeschlimannii
sudden deafness
facial nerve paralysis
Hyalomma marginatum
Rickettsia africae
western blot
PCR
serology
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