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New evidence on tick-borne rickettsioses in the Altai region of Russia using primary lesions, serum and blood clots of molecular and serological study.
Microbes and infection - 1 Jan 2000
Granitov Vladimir, Shpynov Stanislav, Beshlebova Olga, Arsenjeva Irina, Dedkov Vladimir, Safonova Marina, Stukolova Olga, Pantjukhina Anna, Tarasevich Irina
Abstract excerpt
Tick-borne rickettsioses (TBRs) have similar clinical symptoms and can give serological cross-reaction. We firstly found that in the natural foci of North Asian tick typhus (NATT) in the Altai region of Russia, TBRs can be caused by two Rickettsia species: Rickettsia sibirica subsp. sibirica (causative agent of NATT) and Rickettsia heilongjiangensis. Rickettsial DNA was detected in primary lesions, serum samples...
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