Aurélie Renvoisé, Jan W van't Wout, Jan-Gerrit van der Schroeff, Matthias F Beersma, Didier Raoult
URMITE, UMR CNRS 6236, IRD 198, Université de Méditerranée, Faculté de Médecine, 27 bd Jean Moulin, 13385 Marseille cedex 5, France.
International journal of infectious diseases : IJID : official publication of the International Society for Infectious Diseases 2012 MarWe report the first case of rickettsialpox caused by Rickettsia akari in the Netherlands. The diagnosis was suspected based on clinical grounds and was confirmed by Western blot analysis with cross-adsorption. Because the arthropod vector (Liponyssoides sanguineus) is ubiquitous, we suspect that the disease is under-diagnosed in non-endemic areas. Copyright © 2011 International Society for Infectious Diseases. All rights reserved.
Aurélie Renvoisé, Jan W van't Wout, Jan-Gerrit van der Schroeff, Matthias F Beersma, Didier Raoult. A case of rickettsialpox in Northern Europe. International journal of infectious diseases : IJID : official publication of the International Society for Infectious Diseases. 2012 Mar;16(3):e221-2
PMID: 22257655
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