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Rickettsia slovaca infection in humans, Portugal.

ABSTRACT: 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.

SUBMITTER: de Sousa R

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3810745 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Rickettsia slovaca infection in humans, Portugal.

de Sousa Rita R Pereira Branca Isabel BI Nazareth Claúdia C Cabral Susana S Ventura Conceição C Crespo Pedro P Marques Nuno N da Cunha Saraiva S

Emerging infectious diseases 20131001 10

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. ...[more]

PMID: 24050379

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