Urban family cluster of spotted fever rickettsiosis linked to Rhipicephalus sanguineus infected with Rickettsia conorii subsp. caspia and Rickettsia massiliae

Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases

Volumn 3, Issue 5-6, 2012, Pages 389-392

  Renvoisé, Aurélie ^a   Delaunay, Pascal ^b   Blanchouin, Elea ^b   Cannavo, Isabelle ^b   Cua, Eric ^b   Socolovschi, Cristina ^a   Parola, Philippe ^a   Raoult, Didier ^a  

^a AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

^b CENTRE HOSPITALIER UNIVERSITAIRE DE NICE   (France)

Author keywords

France; Rhipicephalus sanguineus; Rickettsia conorii; Spotted fever

Indexed keywords

DOXYCYCLINE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M;

ADULT; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CASE REPORT; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FAMILY STUDY; FEMALE; FRANCE; HOME ENVIRONMENT; HUMAN; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; MALE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RHIPICEPHALUS SANGUINEUS; RICKETTSIA; RICKETTSIA CONORII; RICKETTSIA MASSILIAE; RICKETTSIOSIS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION; SYMPTOM; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URBAN AREA; ZOOLOGY;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; BOUTONNEUSE FEVER; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA, BACTERIAL; FAMILY HEALTH; FEMALE; FRANCE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RHIPICEPHALUS SANGUINEUS; RICKETTSIA; URBAN POPULATION;

IXODIDA; RHIPICEPHALUS SANGUINEUS; RICKETTSIA; RICKETTSIA CONORII; RICKETTSIA CONORII SUBSP. CASPIA; RICKETTSIA MASSILIAE; RICKETTSIACEAE;

EID: 84870398953     PISSN: 1877959X     EISSN: 18779603     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ttbdis.2012.10.008     Document Type: Article

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