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. 2011 Jan;17(1):100-2.
doi: 10.3201/eid1701.101081.

Emergence of Rickettsia africae, Oceania

Carole Eldin  1 , Oleg Mediannikov, Bernard Davoust, Olivier Cabre, Nicolas Barré, Didier Raoult, Philippe Parola
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Emergence of Rickettsia africae, Oceania

Carole Eldin et al. Emerg Infect Dis. 2011 Jan.

Abstract

We detected Rickettsia africae, the agent of African tick-bite fever (ATBF), by amplification of fragments of gltA, ompA, and ompB genes from 3 specimens of Amblyomma loculosum ticks collected from humans and birds in New Caledonia. Clinicians who treat persons in this region should be on alert for ATBF.

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