Emergence of Rickettsia Africae, Oceania

Overview

Journal Emerg Infect Dis

Specialty Infectious Diseases

Date 2011 Jan 4

PMID 21192865

Citations 12

Authors

Carole Eldin

Oleg Mediannikov

Bernard Davoust

Olivier Cabre

Nicolas Barre

Didier Raoult

Philippe Parola

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Abstract

We detected Rickettsia africae, the agent of African tick-bite fever (ATBF), by amplification of fragments of gltA, ompA, and ompB genes from 3 specimens of Amblyomma loculosum ticks collected from humans and birds in New Caledonia. Clinicians who treat persons in this region should be on alert for ATBF.

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