Emerging rickettsioses of the Thai-Myanmar border.
To investigate the presence of rickettsioses in rural residents of the central Thai-Myanmar border, we tested the blood of 46 patients with fever. Four patients had murine typhus, three patients had scrub typhus, and eight patients had spotted fever group rickettsioses, including the first case of Rickettsia felis infection reported in Asia.
Parola
Philippe
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Armed Forces Research Institute of Medical Sciences (AFRIMS), Bangkok, Thailand.
Miller
R Scott
RS
McDaniel
Philip
P
Telford
Sam R
SR
Rolain
Jean-Marc
JM
Wongsrichanalai
Chansuda
C
Raoult
Didier
D
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D021821:Communicable Diseases, Emerging / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000382:microbiology; D004318:Doxycycline / Q000627:therapeutic use; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D002052:Myanmar / Q000453:epidemiology; D012281:Rickettsia / Q000302:isolation & purification; D012288:Rickettsiaceae Infections / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000453:epidemiology*; D013785:Thailand / Q000453:epidemiology
D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D004318:Doxycycline