Emerging rickettsioses of the Thai-Myanmar border

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作者
Parola, P
Miller, RS
McDaniel, P
Telford, SR
Rolain, JM
Wongsrichanalai, C
Raoult, D
机构
[1] Fac Med Marseille, CNRS UMR 6020, IFR 48,IFR 48,Unite Rickettsies, WHO Collaborat Ctr Rickettsial Reference & Res, F-13385 Marseille 5, France
[2] AFRIMS, Bangkok, Thailand
[3] Harvard Univ, Sch Publ Hlth, Boston, MA 02115 USA
[4] Kwai River Christian Hosp, Sangkhlaburi, Kanchanaburi, Thailand
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10.3201/eid0905.020511
中图分类号
R392 [医学免疫学]; Q939.91 [免疫学];
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100102 ;
摘要
To investigate the presence of rickettsioses in rural residents of the central Thai-Myanmar border, we tested the blood of 46 patients with fever. Four patients had murine typhus, three patients had scrub typhus, and eight patients had spotted fever group rickettsioses, including the first case of Rickettsia felis infection reported in Asia.
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