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Human Rickettsia felis infection, Canary Islands, Spain |
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| Authors: | Pérez-Arellano Jose-Luis Fenollar Florence Angel-Moreno Alfonso Bolaños Margarita Hernández Michele Santana Evora Hemmersbach-Miller Marion Martín Antonio M Raoult Didier |
| Institution: | Hospital Universitario Insular de Las Palmas, Canary Islands, Spain. |
| Abstract: | We report the first cases of human infection by Rickettsia felis in the Canary Islands. Antibodies against R. felis were found in 5 adsorbed serum samples from 44 patients with clinically suspected rickettsiosis by Western blot serology. Fleas from 1 patient's dog were positive for R. felis by polymerase chain reaction. |
| Keywords: | Rickettsia felis human infection fleas Western-Blot serology Canary Island Spain dispatch |
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