Three rickettsioses, Darnley Island, Australia

We report 3 rickettsioses on Darnley Island, Australia, in the Torres Strait. In addition to previously described cases of Flinders Island spotted fever (Rickettsia honei strain "marmionii"), we describe 1 case of Queensland tick typhus (R. australis) and 2 cases of scrub typhus caused by...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Emerging infectious diseases 2007-07, Vol.13 (7), p.1105-1107
Hauptverfasser:	Unsworth, Nathan B, Stenos, John, Faa, Antony G, Graves, Stephen R
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Adult Antibodies, Bacterial - blood Australia Child Diagnosis, Differential Dispatch Doxycycline - therapeutic use Health aspects Humans Ixodidae Male Orientia tsutsugamushi Orientia tsutsugamushi - classification Orientia tsutsugamushi - immunology Orientia tsutsugamushi - isolation & purification Prevention Queensland tick typhus Rickettsia Rickettsia - classification Rickettsia - immunology Rickettsia - isolation & purification Rickettsia australis Rickettsia Infections - diagnosis Rickettsia Infections - drug therapy Rickettsia Infections - microbiology Rickettsia typhi - classification Rickettsia typhi - immunology Rickettsia typhi - isolation & purification Rickettsial diseases scrub typhus Scrub Typhus - diagnosis Scrub Typhus - drug therapy Scrub Typhus - microbiology Species Specificity Torres Strait islands Treatment Outcome
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Zusammenfassung:	We report 3 rickettsioses on Darnley Island, Australia, in the Torres Strait. In addition to previously described cases of Flinders Island spotted fever (Rickettsia honei strain "marmionii"), we describe 1 case of Queensland tick typhus (R. australis) and 2 cases of scrub typhus caused by a unique strain (Orientia tsutsugamushi).
ISSN:	1080-6040 1080-6059
DOI:	10.3201/eid1307.050088