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Alternative Title:
Emerg Infect Dis
Personal Author:
Unsworth, Nathan B. ; Stenos, John ; Faa, Antony G. ; Graves, Stephen R. ;
Unsworth, Nathan B. ; Stenos, John ; Faa, Antony G. ; Graves, Stephen R. ; Less -
Description:
We report 3 rickettsioses on Darnley Island, Australia, in the Torres Strait. In addition to previously described cases of Flinders Island spotted fever (Rickettsia honei strain "marmionii"), we describe 1 case of Queensland tick typhus (R. australis) and 2 cases of scrub typhus caused by a unique strain (Orientia tsutsugamushi).
Subject:
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Adult
Antibodies, Bacterial
Australia
Child
Diagnosis, Differential
Dispatch
Doxycycline
Humans
Male
Orientia Tsutsugamushi
Queensland Tick Typhus
Rickettsia
Rickettsia Australis
Rickettsia Infections
Rickettsia Typhi
Scrub Typhus
Species Specificity
Torres Strait Islands
Treatment Outcome
Dispatch
Scrub Typhus

Source:
Emerg Infect Dis. 13(7):1105-1107. ;
Document Type:
Journal Article ;
Collection(s):
Emerging Infectious Diseases
Main Document Checksum:
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