Abstract
Human Case of<i>Rickettsia felis</i>Infection, Taiwan
Highlights
There are no known human cases of infections caused by spotted fever group (SFG) rickettsiae in Taiwan, novel strains of SFG rickettsiae have been isolated as recently described [6,7]
We report an indigenous human case of R. felis infection in Taiwan
DNA from the acute-phase blood sample was analyzed by using the SYBR green-based real-time PCR specific for 17-kDa antigen, 60-kDa heatshock protein gene, and outer membrane protein B gene for typhus group and SFG rickettsiae and primers listed in the Table
Summary
Author affiliations: ÁNTSZ Regional Institute of State Public Health Service, Pécs, Hungary 2. Yamashita T, Kobayashi S, Sakae K, Nakata S, Chiba S, Ishihara Y, et al Isolation of cytopathic small round viruses with BS-C-1 cells from patients with gastroenteritis. Reference Laboratory of Gastroenteric Viruses, ÁNTSZ Regional Institute of State, Public
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