Human Infection with Rickettsia honei, Thailand

Emerg Infect Dis. 2005 Sep;11(9):1473-5. doi: 10.3201/eid1109.050011.

Abstract

Human spotted fever rickettsiosis was detected molecularly by 2 real-time polymerase chain reaction (PCR) assays performed on DNA extracted from a Thai patient's serum sample. Sequences of PCR amplicons from 5 rickettsial genes used for multilocus sequence typing were 100% identical with those deposited with GenBank for Rickettsia honei TT-118.

Publication types

  • Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Molecular Biology / methods
  • Nucleic Acid Amplification Techniques / methods*
  • Rickettsia / genetics*
  • Rickettsia / isolation & purification
  • Rickettsia Infections / blood*
  • Rickettsia Infections / diagnosis
  • Rickettsia Infections / physiopathology
  • Thailand