Rickettsia slovaca infection in humans, Portugal.
Fifteen years after the initial detection of Rickettsia slovaca in ticks in Portugal, 3 autochthonous cases of R. slovaca infection were diagnosed in humans. All patients had an eschar on the scalp and lymphadenopathy; 2 patients had facial edema. R. slovaca infection was confirmed by serologic testing, culture, and PCR.
Rita
R
de Sousa
Branca Isabel
BI
Pereira
Claúdia
C
Nazareth
Susana
S
Cabral
Conceição
C
Ventura
Pedro
P
Crespo
Nuno
N
Marques
Saraiva
S
da Cunha
D000328:Adult; D000818:Animals; D002522:Chlorocebus aethiops; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D011174:Portugal; D012281:Rickettsia / Q000276:immunology* / Q000302:isolation & purification; D012282:Rickettsia Infections / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000276:immunology / Q000635:transmission; D012535:Scalp / Q000473:pathology; D017282:Tick-Borne Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000276:immunology / Q000635:transmission; D014709:Vero Cells
DEBONEL; Dermacentor-borne-necrosis-erythema lymphadenopathy; Portugal; Rickettsia slovaca; TIBOLA; facial edema; lymphadenopathy; rickettsiae; rickettsial infections; scalp eschar; tick-borne lymphadenopathy; vector-borne infections