Rickettsia monacensis and Human Disease, Spain
- Isabel Jado
- José A. Oteo
- Mikel Aldámiz
- Horacio Gil
- Raquel Escudero
- Valvanera Ibarra
- Joseba Portu
- Aranzazu Portillo
- María J. Lezaun
- Cristina García-Amil
- Isabel Rodríguez-Moreno
- Pedro Anda
Publication date
September 2007
DOI Publisher
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Journal
Emerging Infectious DiseasesAbstract
We identified Rickettsia monacensis as a cause of acute tickborne rickettsiosis in 2 humans. Its pathogenic role was assessed by culture and detection of the organism in patients’ blood samples. This finding increases the number of recognized human rickettsial pathogens and expands the known geographic distribution of Mediterranean spotted fever–like cases
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