title: Aneruptive fever associated with antibodies to Rickettsia helvetica in Europe and Thailand.
abstract: We report that eight patients from France, Italy, and Thailand had serological evidence of Rickettsia helvetica infection. The infection presented as a mild disease in the warm season and was associated with fever, headache, and myalgia but not with a cutaneous rash. R. helvetica should be suspected in patients with unexplained fever, especially following a bite from an Ixodes sp. tick.
authors.affiliation: Unité des rickettsies, IFR 48, CNRS UMR 6020, Faculté de médecine, Université de la Méditerranée, 13385 Marseille cedex 05, France.
authors.forename: Pierre-Edouard
authors.initials: PE
authors.lastname: Fournier
authors.forename: Caroline
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Allombert
authors.forename: Yupin
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Supputamongkol
authors.forename: Giuseppe
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Caruso
authors.forename: Philippe
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Brouqui
authors.forename: Didier
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Raoult
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000907:Antibodies, Bacterial / Q000097:blood*; D005060:Europe / Q000453:epidemiology; D005260:Female; D005334:Fever / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012281:Rickettsia / Q000276:immunology*; D012282:Rickettsia Infections / Q000097:blood / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology; D013785:Thailand / Q000453:epidemiology
chemical_list: D000907:Antibodies, Bacterial