African Tick-bite Fever: Four Cases Among Swiss Travelers Returning from South Africa | Zendy

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African Tick-bite Fever: Four Cases Among Swiss Travelers Returning from South Africa

Author(s) -

Yves Jackson,

François Chappuis,

Louis Loutan

Publication year - 2006

Publication title -

journal of travel medicine

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.985

H-Index - 59

eISSN - 1708-8305

pISSN - 1195-1982

DOI - 10.2310/7060.2004.19006

Subject(s) - medicine , rickettsia conorii , rickettsiosis , serology , rash , spotted fever , boutonneuse fever , eschar , irritability , dermatology , doxycycline , travel medicine , immunology , pediatrics , surgery , antibody , rickettsia , pathology , virus , antibiotics , menopause , microbiology and biotechnology , biology

African tick-bite fever (ATBF) is a recently described disease belonging to the spotted fever group. It is caused by Rickettsia africae, and cases are mainly diagnosed in travelers returning from sub-Saharan Africa.

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