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

Published Date:

Dec 2005

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Emerg Infect Dis. 11(12):1961-1964.

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Pérez-Arellano, Jose-Luis ; Fenollar, Florence ; Angel-Moreno, Alfonso ; Bolaños, Margarita ; Hernández, Michele ; ... More ▼

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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.

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