Mediterranean spotted fever-like illness caused by Rickettsia sibirica mongolitimonae, North Macedonia, June 2022
2022
Jakimovski, Dejan | Mateska, Sofija | Simin, Verica | Bogdan, Ivana | Mijatović, Dragana | Estrada-Peña, Agustín | Mateos-Hernández, Lourdes | Foucault-Simonin, Angélique | Moutailler, Sara | Cabezas-Cruz, Alejandro | Banović, Pavle | University Clinic for Infectious Diseases and Febrile Conditions, Skopje, North Macedonia | Pasteur Institute Novi Sad | University of Zaragoza - Universidad de Zaragoza [Zaragoza] | Université Paris-Est (UPE) | Biologie moléculaire et immunologie parasitaires et fongiques (BIPAR) ; École nationale vétérinaire - Alfort (ENVA)-Laboratoire de santé animale, sites de Maisons-Alfort et de Normandie ; Agence nationale de sécurité sanitaire de l'alimentation, de l'environnement et du travail (ANSES)-Agence nationale de sécurité sanitaire de l'alimentation, de l'environnement et du travail (ANSES)-Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement (INRAE) | University of Novi Sad
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Show more [+] Less [-]English. Mediterranean spotted fever-like illness (MSF-like illness) is a tick-borne disease caused by Rickettsia sibirica mongolitimonae first reported in France more than 25 years ago. Until today, more than 50 cases of MSF-like illness have been reported in different regions of Europe and Africa, highlighting variable clinical manifestation. Here we report a case of MSF-like illness following a bite from a Hyalomma tick in the Skopje region of North Macedonia.
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