title: Rickettsia honei infection in human, Nepal, 2009.
abstract: We report a case of Rickettsia honei infection in a human in Nepal. The patient had severe illness and many clinical features typical of Flinders Island spotted fever. Diagnosis was confirmed by indirect immunofluorescent assay with serum and molecular biological techniques. Flinders Island spotted fever may be an endemic rickettsiosis in Nepal.
authors: Canadian International Water and Energy Consultants Clinic Travel Medicine Center, Kathmandu, Nepal.
authors: Holly
authors: H
authors: Murphy
authors: Aurelie
authors: A
authors: Renvoise
authors: Prativa
authors: P
authors: Pandey
authors: Philippe
authors: P
authors: Parola
authors: Didier
authors: D
authors: Raoult
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000907:Antibodies, Bacterial / Q000097:blood / Q000276:immunology; D001425:Bacterial Outer Membrane Proteins / Q000235:genetics; D005076:Exanthema / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007074:Immunoglobulin G / Q000097:blood / Q000276:immunology; D009390:Nepal; D012281:Rickettsia / Q000235:genetics / Q000276:immunology / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D012282:Rickettsia Infections / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000382:microbiology
chemical_list: D000907:Antibodies, Bacterial; D001425:Bacterial Outer Membrane Proteins; D007074:Immunoglobulin G