Human Rickettsia felis Infection, Canary Islands, Spain

Human Rickettsia felis Infection, Canary Islands, Spain

We report the first cases of human infection by Rickettsia felis in the Canary Islands. Antibodies against R. felis were found in 5 adsorbed serum samples from 44 patients with clinically suspected rickettsiosis by Western blot serology. Fleas from 1 patient's dog were positive for R. felis by...

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Main Authors: Pérez-Arellano, Jose-Luis, Fenollar, Florence, Angel-Moreno, Alfonso, Bolaños, Margarita, Hernández, Michele, Santana, Evora, Hemmersbach-Miller, Marion, Martín, Antonio-M, Raoult, Didier
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2005
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3367641/

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