Abstract
Murine Typhus, Algeria
Highlights
We conducted a prospective studyin Algeria which included all patients who had clinical signs leading to suspicion of rickettsioses who visited the Oran Teaching Hospital in 2004– 2005 for an infectious diseases consultation
Serum samples were sent to the World Health Organization Collaborative Center for Rickettsial Diseases in Marseille, France. They were tested by immunofluoresence assay (IFA), by using spotted fever group (SFG) rickettsial antigens (R. conorii conorii, R. conorii israelensis, R. sibirica mongolitimonae, R. aeschlimmanii, R. massiliae, R. helvetica, R. slovaca, and R. felis) and R. typhi and R. prowazekii as previously reported (3)
We report 2 confirmed cases of R. typhi infection in patients from Algeria
Summary
8. Bexiga R, Guyot H, Saegerman C, Mauroy A, Rollin F, Thiry E, et al Clinical differentiation of malignant catarrhal fever, mucosal disease and bluetongue. The ubiquitous murine typhus is caused by Rickettsia typhi. We conducted a prospective studyin Algeria which included all patients who had clinical signs leading to suspicion of rickettsioses (high fever, skin rash, headache, myalgia, arthralgia, eschar, or reported contact with ticks, fleas, or lice) who visited the Oran Teaching Hospital in 2004– 2005 for an infectious diseases consultation.
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