Molecular Detection and Characterization of Rickettsia asembonensis in Human Blood, Zambia

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• Alternative Title:
  Emerg Infect Dis
• Personal Author:
  Moonga, Lavel C. ; Hayashida, Kyoko ; Mulunda, Namwiinga R. ; Nakamura, Yukiko ; Chipeta, James ; Moonga, Hawela B. ; Namangala, Boniface ; Sugimoto, Chihiro ; Mtonga, Zephaniah ; Mutengo, Mable ; Yamagishi, Junya
• Description:
  Rickettsia asembonensis is a flea-related Rickettsia with unknown pathogenicity to humans. We detected R. asembonensis DNA in 2 of 1,153 human blood samples in Zambia. Our findings suggest the possibility of R. asembonensis infection in humans despite its unknown pathogenicity.
• Subjects:
  Animals Humans Rickettsia Rickettsia Felis Rickettsia Infections Siphonaptera
• Source:
  Emerg Infect Dis. 27(8):2237-2239
• Pubmed ID:
  34287134
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC8314825
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Zambia
• Location:
  Africa
• Volume:
  27
• Issue:
  8
• Collection(s):
  Emerging Infectious Diseases
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:e5df4a5bf0cfe2fff45a0bfb059457eb136a2a15d129f51559046d89f7689e18
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/108779/cdc_108779_DS1.pdf
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