Molecular diagnostics of rickettsia africae infection in travelers returning from South Africa to the Netherlands

Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases

Volumn 11, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 1541-1547

  Wieten, Rosanne W ^a   Hovius, Joppe W R ^a   Groen, Emilie J ^a   Van Der Wal, Allard C ^a   De Vries, Peter J ^a   Beersma, Matthijs F C ^b   Tijsse Klasen, Ellen ^c   Sprong, Hein ^c   Grobusch, Martin P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

African tick bite fever; PCR; Rickettsia africae; Serology

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM ANTIBODY; DOXYCYCLINE; FLUCLOXACILLIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY;

ADULT; AFRICAN TICK BITE FEVER; AGED; ANAMNESIS; ANTIBODY PRODUCTION; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; DNA SEQUENCE; FEVER; GENE AMPLIFICATION; HUMAN; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSIS; NETHERLANDS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RICKETTSIA AFRICAE; RICKETTSIACEAE INFECTION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SEROCONVERSION; SEROLOGY; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN DEFECT; SOUTH AFRICA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; DNA PRIMERS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RICKETTSIA; RICKETTSIA INFECTIONS; SKIN; SOUTH AFRICA; TICK-BORNE DISEASES; TRAVEL;

EID: 83455181896     PISSN: 15303667     EISSN: 15577759     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/vbz.2011.0653     Document Type: Article

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