Emerging Infectious Diseases (Jul 2017)

Rickettsia sibirica mongolitimonae Infection, Turkey, 2016

  • Ferit Kuscu,
  • Omer Orkun,
  • Aslihan Ulu,
  • Behice Kurtaran,
  • Suheyla Komur,
  • A. Seza Inal,
  • Damla Erdogan,
  • Yesim Tasova,
  • Hasan S.Z. Aksu

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3201/eid2307.170188
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 23, no. 7
pp. 1214 – 1216

Abstract

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In 2016, Rickettsia sibirica mongolitimonae was diagnosed for a man in Turkey. He had been bitten by a Hyalomma marginatum tick, from which PCR detected rickettsial DNA. Sequence analysis of the DNA identified R. sibirica mongolitimonae. Immunofluorescence assay of patient serum indicated R. conorii, which cross-reacts. PCR is recommended for rickettsiosis diagnoses.

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