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Rickettsia 364D: A Newly Recognized Cause of Eschar‐Associated Illness in California

2010; Oxford University Press; Volume: 50; Issue: 4 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1086/649926

1537-6591

Marc R. Shapiro, Curtis L. Fritz, Karen Tait, Christopher D. Paddock, William L. Nicholson, K Abramowicz, Sandor E. Karpathy, Gregory A. Dasch, John W. Sumner, Patricia Adem, Jamesina J. Scott, Kerry A. Padgett, Sherif R. Zaki, Marina E. Eremeeva,

Mosquito-borne diseases and control

Background. Four spotted fever group rickettsiae (SFGR) are known to infect humans in the United States. A member of the SFGR designated 364D and detected in Dermacentor occidentalis ticks has not previously been identified as a human pathogen.