Importation Into the United States from Africa of Rhipicephalus Simus on a Boutonneuse Fever Patient
- 1 July 1981
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene in The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
- Vol. 30 (4) , 897-899
- https://doi.org/10.4269/ajtmh.1981.30.897
Abstract
Rhipicephalus simus Koch was removed from a human upon his return to Connecticut, U.S.A. from Kenya, Africa. This person became ill in Africa, exhibited clinical manifestations of boutonneuse fever and had a significant rise (≥8-fold) in IgM titer against spotted fever-group rickettsiae. Rickettsia conorii was probably the infectious agent.This publication has 5 references indexed in Scilit:
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