Rickettsia honei Infection in Human, Nepal, 2009

Murphy, Holly; Renvoisé, Aurélie; Pandey, Prativa; Parola, Philippe; Raoult, Didier

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Rickettsia honei Infection in Human, Nepal, 2009

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Oct 2011
By Murphy, Holly ; Renvoisé, Aurélie ; Pandey, Prativa ; ...

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Emerg Infect Dis
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Murphy, Holly ; Renvoisé, Aurélie ; Pandey, Prativa ; Parola, Philippe ; Raoult, Didier
Description:

We report a case of Rickettsia honei infection in a human in Nepal. The patient had severe illness and many clinical features typical of Flinders Island spotted fever. Diagnosis was confirmed by indirect immunofluorescent assay with serum and molecular biological techniques. Flinders Island spotted fever may be an endemic rickettsiosis in Nepal.
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Aged Antibodies, Bacterial Bacterial Outer Membrane Proteins Dispatch Exanthema Female Flinders Island Spotted Fever Human Humans Immunoglobulin G Nepal Rickettsia Rickettsia Honei Rickettsia Infections Ticks
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Emerg Infect Dis. 17(10):1865-1867.
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Journal Article
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17
Issue:

10
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Emerging Infectious Diseases
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urn:sha256:35454c34872a9c565bb0be9f446bdd8662ffe814eeb3e1972ab98ae6599cc513
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https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/18527/cdc_18527_DS1.pdf
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