title: Tropical rickettsioses.
abstract: In recent years, a bewildering array of emerging rickettsial pathogens have been described throughout the world, including in the tropics. Here we present an updated overview of scrub typhus, murine typhus, and epidemic typhus. We also present an update on the emerging spotted fever group rickettsioses described in the tropics through 2005, focusing on epidemiologic and clinical data and management.
authors.affiliation: Unité des Rickettsies CNRS UMR 6020, IFR48, WHO Collaborative Center for Rickettsial Reference and Research, Medicine School of Marseille, France.
authors.forename: Philippe
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Parola
authors.forename: Didier
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Raoult
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D012282:Rickettsia Infections / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology / Q000628:therapy; D014330:Tropical Medicine