Rickettsia monacensis and Human Disease, Spain
oleh: Isabel Jado, José A. Oteo, Mikel Aldámiz, Horacio Gil, Raquel Escudero, Valvanera Ibarra, Joseba Portu, Aranzazu Portillo, María J. Lezaun, Cristina García-Amil, Isabel Rodríguez-Moreno, Pedro Anda
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| Diterbitkan: | Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2007-09-01 |
Deskripsi
We identified Rickettsia monacensis as a cause of acute tickborne rickettsiosis in 2 humans. Its pathogenic role was assessed by culture and detection of the organism in patients’ blood samples. This finding increases the number of recognized human rickettsial pathogens and expands the known geographic distribution of Mediterranean spotted fever–like cases.