Human Rickettsia felis Infection, Canary Islands, Spain

Pérez-Arellano, Jose-Luis; Fenollar, Florence; Angel-Moreno, Alfonso; Bolaños, Margarita; Hernández, Michele; Santana, Evora; Hemmersbach-Miller, Marion; Martín, Antonio-M; Raoult, Didier

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Human Rickettsia felis Infection, Canary Islands, Spain

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Dec 2005
By Pérez-Arellano, Jose-Luis ; Fenollar, Florence ; Angel-Moreno, Alfonso ; ...

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Emerg Infect Dis
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Pérez-Arellano, Jose-Luis ; Fenollar, Florence ; Angel-Moreno, Alfonso ; Bolaños, Margarita ; Hernández, Michele ; Santana, Evora ; Hemmersbach-Miller, Marion ; Martín, Antonio-M ; Raoult, Didier
Description:

We report the first cases of human infection by Rickettsia felis in the Canary Islands. Antibodies against R. felis were found in 5 adsorbed serum samples from 44 patients with clinically suspected rickettsiosis by Western blot serology. Fleas from 1 patient's dog were positive for R. felis by polymerase chain reaction.
Subjects:

Adult Animals Antibodies, Bacterial Dogs Female Humans Male Middle Aged Rickettsia Infections Siphonaptera
Source:

Emerg Infect Dis. 11(12):1961-1964.
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Journal Article
Place as Subject:

Spain
Location:

Europe
Volume:

11
Issue:

12
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Emerging Infectious Diseases
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urn:sha256:d8f9109f1aed0b86e477c8c93ca2cb113213c4a99263cf303936ca4296a9bacd
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