Fatal Rickettsia conorii subsp. israelensis infection, Israel

Miriam Weinberger; Avi Keysary; Judith Sandbank; Ronit Zaidenstein; Avi Itzhaki; Carmela Strenger; Moshe Leitner; Christopher D. Paddock; Marina E. Eremeeva

doi:10.3201/eid1405.071278

Fatal Rickettsia conorii subsp. israelensis infection, Israel

Miriam Weinberger
, Avi Keysary
, Judith Sandbank
, Ronit Zaidenstein
, Avi Itzhaki
, Carmela Strenger
, Moshe Leitner
, Christopher D. Paddock
, Marina E. Eremeeva

Biostatistics, Epidemiology & Environmental Health Sciences

Assaf Harofeh Medical Center
Tel Aviv University
Israel Institute for Biological Research
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

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Abstract

Underdiagnosis of fatal spotted fever may be attributed to nonspecific clinical features and insensitive acute-phase serologic studies. We describe the importance of molecular and immunohistochemical methods in establishing the postmortem diagnosis of locally acquired Israeli spotted fever due to Rickettsia conorii subsp. israelensis in a traveler returning to Israel from India.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	821-824
Number of pages	4
Journal	Emerging Infectious Diseases
Volume	14
Issue number	5
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.3201/eid1405.071278
State	Published - May 2008

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