title: Queensland tick typhus in Sydney: a new endemic focus.
abstract: A new endemic focus of Queensland tick typhus was defined when two cases of Rickettsia australis infection were recognized in Sydney. Although the tick vector is distributed throughout coastal, eastern Australia these are the first cases diagnosed south of Lismore, New South Wales.
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D001315:Australia; D003325:Coronary Care Units; D005260:Female; D006760:Hospitalization; D006801:Humans; D007902:Length of Stay; D008297:Male; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000628:therapy