1. Rickettsia sibirica mongolitimonae Infection, Turkey, 2016
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Ferit Kuscu, Omer Orkun, Aslihan Ulu, Behice Kurtaran, Suheyla Komur, A. Seza Inal, Damla Erdogan, Yesim Tasova, and Hasan S.Z. Aksu
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Rickettsia sibirica mongolitimonae ,spotted fever group rickettsiae ,ticks ,Turkey ,human ,vector-borne infections ,Medicine ,Infectious and parasitic diseases ,RC109-216 - Abstract
In 2016, Rickettsia sibirica mongolitimonae was diagnosed for a man in Turkey. He had been bitten by a Hyalomma marginatum tick, from which PCR detected rickettsial DNA. Sequence analysis of the DNA identified R. sibirica mongolitimonae. Immunofluorescence assay of patient serum indicated R. conorii, which cross-reacts. PCR is recommended for rickettsiosis diagnoses.
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- 2017
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