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

Jun 2009
By Wang, Jin-Mei ; Hudson, Bernard J. ; Watts, Matthew R. ; ...
Source: Emerg Infect Dis. 15(6):963-965.

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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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Adult Aged Animals Dispatch Female Humans Insect Bites And Stings Male Middle Aged Mouth Mucosa Polymerase Chain Reaction Rickettsia Infections Sequence Analysis, DNA Skin Specimen Handling Tick-Borne Diseases Typhus, Epidemic Louse-Borne
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Emerg Infect Dis. 15(6):963-965.
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Queensland, Australia ; South Africa

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Oceania ; Africa

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15
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6
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Emerging Infectious Diseases
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