[Present status of rickettsiosis].
Actual knowledges of the biology of rickettsia, their pathogenicity and the diagnostic are briefly exposed. The description of sero-epidemic surveys in Bolivia, Botswana, Ethiopia, Greece and France shows that fifty years after the death of Charles Nicolle, rickettsial diseases are still a major health problem in numerous countries.
D000818:Animals; D001907:Boutonneuse Fever / Q000453:epidemiology; D004199:Disease Vectors; D006801:Humans; D007158:Immunologic Techniques; D011778:Q Fever / Q000453:epidemiology; D012282:Rickettsia Infections / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000517:prevention & control; D014437:Typhus, Endemic Flea-Borne / Q000453:epidemiology; D014438:Typhus, Epidemic Louse-Borne / Q000453:epidemiology
Actualité des rickettsioses.