Diagnosis of Queensland Tick Typhus and African Tick Bite Fever by PCR of Lesion Swabs

Wang, Jin-Mei; Hudson, Bernard J.; Watts, Matthew R.; Karagiannis, Tom; Fisher, Noel J.; Anderson, Catherine; Roffey, Paul

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Diagnosis of Queensland Tick Typhus and African Tick Bite Fever by PCR of Lesion Swabs

Published Date:

Jun 2009

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Emerg Infect Dis. 15(6):963-965.

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English

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Emerg Infect Dis

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Wang, Jin-Mei ; Hudson, Bernard J. ; Watts, Matthew R. ; Karagiannis, Tom ; Fisher, Noel J. ; ... More ▼

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We report 3 cases of Queensland tick typhus (QTT) and 1 case of African tick bite fever in which the causative rickettsiae were detected by PCR of eschar and skin lesions in all cases. An oral mucosal lesion in 1 QTT case was also positive.

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Journal Article

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Queensland, Australia ; South Africa ;

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Emerging Infectious Diseases

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