Rickettsia slovaca Infection in Humans, Portugal

de Sousa, Rita; Pereira, Branca Isabel; Nazareth, Claúdia; Cabral, Susana; Ventura, Conceição; Crespo, Pedro; Marques, Nuno; da Cunha, Saraiva

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Rickettsia slovaca Infection in Humans, Portugal

Published Date:

Oct 2013

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Emerg Infect Dis. 19(10):1627-1629.

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de Sousa, Rita ; Pereira, Branca Isabel ; Nazareth, Claúdia ; Cabral, Susana ; Ventura, Conceição ; ... More ▼

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Fifteen years after the initial detection of Rickettsia slovaca in ticks in Portugal, 3 autochthonous cases of R. slovaca infection were diagnosed in humans. All patients had an eschar on the scalp and lymphadenopathy; 2 patients had facial edema. R. slovaca infection was confirmed by serologic testing, culture, and PCR.

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