title: Rickettsia felis rickettsiosis in Yucatán.
abstract: Three patients with fever, exanthem, headache, and central-nervous-system involvement were diagnosed with Rickettsia fells infection by specific PCR of blood or skin and seroconversion to surrogate Rickettsia antigens. Although R. felis's relationship to other Rickettsia species is known and the pathogenic potential of this clade is well documented, R. felis's role as a pathogen has not been fully understood.
authors.forename: J E
authors.initials: JE
authors.lastname: Zavala-Velázquez
authors.forename: J A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Ruiz-Sosa
authors.forename: R A
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Sánchez-Elias
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Becerra-Carmona
authors.forename: D H
authors.initials: DH
authors.lastname: Walker
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008800:Mexico; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D012281:Rickettsia / Q000235:genetics*; D012282:Rickettsia Infections / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology*; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA
chemical_list: D004269:DNA, Bacterial