Rickettsia sibirica mongolitimonae Infection, Turkey, 2016.
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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.
SUBMITTER: Kuscu F
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5512508 | biostudies-literature |
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
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