Description of " yaaf", the vesicular fever caused by acute Rickettsia felis infection in Senegal

Journal of Infection

Volumn 66, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 536-540

  Mediannikov, Oleg ^a,b   Fenollar, Florence ^a,b   Bassene, Hubert ^b   Tall, Adama ^c   Sokhna, Cheikh ^b   Trape, Jean François ^b   Raoult, Didier ^a,b  

^a AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

^b INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (Senegal)

^c INSTITUT PASTEUR DE DAKAR   (Senegal)

Author keywords

Primary infection; Rickettsia felis; Senegal; Vesicular fever

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOOD SMEAR; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COUGHING; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMAN; INFANT; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSIS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PAPULE; POINT OF CARE TESTING; PRIMARY INFECTION; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RICKETTSIA FELIS; RICKETTSIACEAE INFECTION; SENEGAL; SKIN ULCER; VESICULAR RASH;

ACUTE DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; RICKETTSIA FELIS; RICKETTSIA INFECTIONS; SENEGAL; SKIN; SKIN DISEASES, BACTERIAL;

EID: 84876823886     PISSN: 01634453     EISSN: 15322742     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jinf.2012.10.005     Document Type: Article

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