Rickettsia364D: A Newly Recognized Cause of Eschar‐Associated Illness in California
Author(s) -
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
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
clinical infectious diseases
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.44
H-Index - 336
eISSN - 1537-6591
pISSN - 1058-4838
DOI - 10.1086/649926
Subject(s) - spotted fever , rickettsiosis , eschar , rickettsia , medicine , dermacentor , virology , rocky mountain spotted fever , pathogen , scrub typhus , tick borne disease , human pathogen , rickettsia rickettsii , tick , ixodidae , biology , immunology , pathology , virus , bacteria , genetics
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.
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