Afebrile spotted fever group Rickettsia infection after a bite from a dermacentor variabilis tick infected with Rickettsia Montanensis

Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases

Volumn 12, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 1059-1061

  Mcquiston, Jennifer H ^a   Zemtsova, Galina ^a   Perniciaro, Jamie ^a   Hutson, Mark ^b   Singleton, Joseph ^a   Nicholson, William L ^a   Levin, Michael L ^a  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^b Children's Medical Group   (United States)

Author keywords

Rickettsia montanensis; Rickettsia rickettsii; Spotted fever group rickettsiae; Tick bite

Indexed keywords

DOXYCYCLINE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M;

ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; DERMACENTOR VARIABILIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RICKETTSIA MONTANENSIS; RICKETTSIACEAE INFECTION; ROCKY MOUNTAIN SPOTTED FEVER; SEVERAL SPOTTED FEVER GROUP RICKETTSIAE;

ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; ARACHNID VECTORS; CHILD; DERMACENTOR; DNA, BACTERIAL; DOXYCYCLINE; EXANTHEMA; FEMALE; FEVER; GEORGIA; HUMANS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RICKETTSIA; RICKETTSIA INFECTIONS; ROCKY MOUNTAIN SPOTTED FEVER; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEROLOGIC TESTS; TICK BITES;

DERMACENTOR VARIABILIS; IXODIDA; RICKETTSIA; RICKETTSIA MONTANENSIS; RICKETTSIA RICKETTSII; RICKETTSIACEAE;

EID: 84871215401     PISSN: 15303667     EISSN: 15577759     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/vbz.2012.1078     Document Type: Article

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