Abstract
To the Editor: Tick-borne rickettsioses are zoonoses caused by spotted fever group (SFG) Rickettsia spp (1), which have been reported as a frequent cause of fever in international travelers (2). In Egypt, Mediterranean spotted fever caused by Rickettsia conorii transmitted by the brown dog tick, Rhipicephalus sanguineus, is known to be present, although cases are rarely documented. Moreover, an emerging pathogen, R. aeschlimannii, has been detected in Hyalomma dromedarii ticks, collected from camels, and in H. impeltatum and H. marginatum rufipes, collected from cows (3). We report a case of Rickettsia sibirica mongolitimonae infection in a French traveler who returned from Egypt
Highlights
To the Editor: Tick-borne rickettsioses are zoonoses caused by spotted fever group (SFG) Rickettsia spp. [1], which have been reported as a frequent cause of fever in international travelers [2]
We report a case of Rickettsia sibirica mongolitimonae infection in a French traveler who returned from Egypt In September 2009, a previously healthy 52-year-old man living in France was admitted to the infectious diseases unit of a hospital in Nantes, France, with a 10-day history of fever, asthenia, headache, and arthromyalgia
Amplicon sequencing confirmed the presence of R. sibirica mongolitimonae DNA in patient samples
Summary
Rickettsia sibirica mongolitimonae in Traveler from Egypt To the Editor: Tick-borne rickettsioses are zoonoses caused by spotted fever group (SFG) Rickettsia spp. (1), which have been reported as a frequent cause of fever in international travelers [2].
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