HumanRickettsia felisInfection, Canary Islands, Spain
Open Access
- 1 December 2005
- journal article
- case report
- Published by Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in Emerging Infectious Diseases
- Vol. 11 (12) , 1961-1964
- https://doi.org/10.3201/eid1112.050711
Abstract
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 polymerase chain reaction.Keywords
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