Rickettsia felis infection, Tunisia.
We report, for the first time, serologic evidence of Rickettsia felis and R. aeschlimannii infections acquired in Tunisia from 1998 to 2003. We found that most patients with antibodies against both R. conorii and R. typhi had serologic evidence of R. felis infection.
Université de la Méditerranée, Marseille, France.
Abir
A
Znazen
Jean-Marc
JM
Rolain
Adnane
A
Hammami
Mounir Ben
MB
Jemaa
Didier
D
Raoult
D006801:Humans; D012282:Rickettsia Infections / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000276:immunology / Q000382:microbiology*; D041161:Rickettsia felis / Q000276:immunology / Q000302:isolation & purification* / Q000502:physiology; D014416:Tunisia / Q000453:epidemiology