TY - JOUR
T1 - Fatal Rickettsia conorii subsp. israelensis infection, Israel
AU - Weinberger, Miriam
AU - Keysary, Avi
AU - Sandbank, Judith
AU - Zaidenstein, Ronit
AU - Itzhaki, Avi
AU - Strenger, Carmela
AU - Leitner, Moshe
AU - Paddock, Christopher D.
AU - Eremeeva, Marina E.
PY - 2008/5
Y1 - 2008/5
N2 - 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.
AB - 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.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=45249121796&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.3201/eid1405.071278
DO - 10.3201/eid1405.071278
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AN - SCOPUS:45249121796
SN - 1080-6040
VL - 14
SP - 821
EP - 824
JO - Emerging Infectious Diseases
JF - Emerging Infectious Diseases
IS - 5
ER -
