Human Rickettsia felis infection, Canary Islands, Spain.
We report the first cases of human infection by Rickettsia felis in the Canary Islands. Antibodies against R. felis were found in 5 adsorbed serum samples from 44 patients with clinically suspected rickettsiosis by Western blot serology. Fleas from 1 patient's dog were positive for R. felis by polymerase chain reaction.
Hospital Universitario Insular de Las Palmas, Canary Islands, Spain.
Jose-Luis
JL
Pérez-Arellano
Florence
F
Fenollar
Alfonso
A
Angel-Moreno
Margarita
M
Bolaños
Michele
M
Hernández
Evora
E
Santana
Marion
M
Hemmersbach-Miller
Antonio M
AM
Martín
Didier
D
Raoult
D000328:Adult; D000818:Animals; D000907:Antibodies, Bacterial / Q000097:blood; D004285:Dogs; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012282:Rickettsia Infections / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000276:immunology / Q000382:microbiology*; D041161:Rickettsia felis / Q000235:genetics / Q000276:immunology / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D005423:Siphonaptera / Q000382:microbiology; D013030:Spain / Q000453:epidemiology
D000907:Antibodies, Bacterial