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Alternative Title:
Emerg Infect Dis
Publisher's site:
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1304.050087
Personal Author:
Unsworth, Nathan B. ; Stenos, John ; Graves, Stephen R. ; Faa, Antony G. ; Cox, G. Erika ; ... More +
Unsworth, Nathan B. ; Stenos, John ; Graves, Stephen R. ; Faa, Antony G. ; Cox, G. Erika ; Dyer, John R. ; Boutlis, Craig S. ; Lane, Amanda M. ; Shaw, Matthew D. ; Robson, Jennifer ; Nissen, Michael D. ; Less -
Description:
Australia has 4 rickettsial diseases: murine typhus, Queensland tick typhus, Flinders Island spotted fever, and scrub typhus. We describe 7 cases of a rickettsiosis with an acute onset and symptoms of fever (100%), headache (71%), arthralgia (43%), myalgia (43%), cough (43%), maculopapular/petechial rash (43%), nausea (29%), pharyngitis (29%), lymphadenopathy (29%), and eschar (29%). Cases were most prevalent in autumn and from eastern Australia, including Queensland, Tasmania, and South Australia. One patient had a history of tick bite (Haemaphysalis novaeguineae). An isolate shared 99.2%, 99.8%, 99.8%, 99.9%, and 100% homology with the 17 kDa, ompA, gltA, 16S rRNA, and Sca4 genes, respectively, of Rickettsia honei. This Australian rickettsiosis has similar symptoms to Flinders Island spotted fever, and the strain is genetically related to R. honei. It has been designated the "marmionii" strain of R. honei, in honor of Australian physician and scientist Barrie Marmion.
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Adult
Animals
Australia
Child
DNA, Ribosomal
Female
Flinders Island Spotted Fever
Genes, Bacterial
Humans
Insect Bites And Stings
Male
Middle Aged
Molecular Sequence Data
Research
Rickettsia
Rickettsia Honei
Rickettsia Infections
RNA, Ribosomal, 16S
Sequence Analysis, DNA
Spotted Fever Group Rickettsia
Ticks

Source:
Emerg Infect Dis. 13(4):566-573. ;
Document Type:
Journal Article ;
Collection(s):
Emerging Infectious Diseases
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